Thesaurus / get wrong
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He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTTo see a part of my scheme, from which I had hoped so much, go wrong before my eyes is maddening!
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONSo far as the right or wrong of having contraband whisky was concerned, I don't think any one gave it a second thought.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRStrange to say, the silken cord yielded to the first pull, as if nothing had been wrong with it at all!
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEOf Liszt the first part of this is not true, for if he strikes a wrong note it is simply because he chooses to be careless.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYLiszt sometimes strikes wrong notes when he plays, but it does not trouble him in the least.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYI have never known a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUIf he didn't give it to me, I took it, for fear I should be led to do anything wrong, through not having it.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSBut the ill-natured people were quite wrong; it was not Messrs. Jones who paid Mrs. Charmington's bills.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSI must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUWORDS RELATED TO GET WRONG
- addle
- be off the mark
- be wrong
- blunder
- botch
- bungle
- confound
- confuse
- deceive oneself
- err
- fail
- get wrong
- goof
- have wrong impression
- jumble
- lapse
- make a mess
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- miscount
- misdeem
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- miss
- miss the boat
- not know
- omit
- overestimate
- overlook
- put foot in
- slip
- slip up
- snarl
- take for
- tangle
- underestimate
- addles
- blunders
- botches
- bungles
- confounds
- confuses
- deceives oneself
- errs
- fails
- gets wrong
- goofs
- has wrong impression
- is off the mark
- is wrong
- jumbles
- lapses
- makes a mess
- misapprehends
- miscalculates
- misconceives
- misconstrues
- miscounts
- misdeems
- misinterprets
- misjudges
- misknows
- misreads
- misses
- misses the boat
- not knows
- omits
- overestimates
- overlooks
- puts foot in
- slips
- slips up
- snarls
- takes for
- tangles
- underestimates
- addled
- blundered
- botched
- bungled
- confounded
- confused
- deceived oneself
- erred
- failed
- goofed
- got wrong
- had wrong impression
- jumbled
- lapsed
- made a mess
- misapprehended
- miscalculated
- misconceived
- misconstrued
- miscounted
- misdeemed
- misinterpreted
- misjudged
- misknowed
- misread
- missed
- missed the boat
- not knew
- omitted
- overestimated
- overlooked
- put foot in
- slipped
- slipped up
- snarled
- tangled
- took for
- underestimated
- was off the mark
- was wrong
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
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