in the wrong
idiom
: in the position or situation of being wrong
We had an argument and each of us thinks that the other was in the wrong.
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The Trump administration said in court filings and at the hearing that the case was in the wrong venue and should be at the Court of Federal Claims.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Five days Instead of overanalyzing or running 100 miles per hour in the wrong direction, test quickly and incrementally.
—Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Heaven forbid Anheuser Busch create custom Blues bottles for 2025-26 in the wrong shade.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
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—Andrew Luttrell, Time, 24 June 2025
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Five days Instead of overanalyzing or running 100 miles per hour in the wrong direction, test quickly and incrementally.
—Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Heaven forbid Anheuser Busch create custom Blues bottles for 2025-26 in the wrong shade.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025
Advertisement Even with such protections, the slightest communication advantage is worrying in the wrong hands, especially when deployed at a mass scale.
—Andrew Luttrell, Time, 24 June 2025
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“In the wrong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20wrong. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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