get sth wrong
Frequency: 8.622.0 per million words
to misunderstand or make a mistake about something
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Examples (10)
- I think you've got the date wrong.
- She got the instructions wrong and ended up in the wrong city.
- He admitted he had gotten the answer wrong on the exam.
- Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your help, but this isn't quite right.
- If you get the facts wrong, your argument will be invalid.
- The student got the historical timeline wrong in his essay.
- We need to make sure we don't get the address wrong for the delivery.
- It's easy to get the meaning of a complex sentence wrong.
- He got the directions wrong and took a wrong turn.
- She felt she had gotten her friend's intentions wrong.