TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY

Meaning of TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY in English

misunderstand, feel bad

He stares because he is curious. Don't take it the wrong way.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY — "misunderstand, feel bad; no offence, but..." He stares because he is curious. Don't take it the wrong way.
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ also ˈräŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wrong, wrang, from Old English wrang, from (assumed) Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WRONG — — wronger , n. — wrongly , adv. — wrongness , n. /rawng, rong/ , adj. 1. not in accordance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from * wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRONG — imp. of wring. wrung. 2. wrong ·adj that which is not right. 3. wrong ·adj twisted; wry; as, a wrong …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
WRONG — [wrong] n [ME, fr. OE wrang, fr. (assumed) wrang, adj., wrong] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an injurious, unfair, or unjust …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRONG — / rɒŋ; NAmE rɔːŋ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective NOT CORRECT 1. not right or correct …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — I. wrong 1 S1 W1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wrong , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Oxford English vocab
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — ( wrongs, wronging, wronged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRONG — (NOT SUITABLE) [adjective] [not gradable] - not suitable or desirable, or not as it should beShe's the wrong person for …
Cambridge English vocab
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Slang English vocab
WRONG — See ↑ BAD 13, ↑ UNSUITABLE 1,2, ↑ WRONG 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wrong • ↑ can do no …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
WRONG
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — adj. 1 improper, unjust, unfair, injudicious, unethical, terrible, foul, awful, bad, immoral, sinful, evil, iniquitous, villainous, wicked, vile, diabolic(al), infernal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Словарь английских идиом
WRONG — 1. сущ. 1) неправда; заблуждение, ошибочность Is anything wrong with the documents? ≈ Разве что-нибудь не в порядке с документами? …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WRONG — wrong.ogg 1. rɒŋ n 1. вред; зло; обида right and wrong - добро и зло to make wrong right - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAKE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WRONG — 1) ложный 2) неправильность 3) неправильный 4) ошибочность 5) чужой • wrong fount type — чужой шрифт - wrong assumption - wrong channel - wrong decision - wrong direction - wrong …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAY — 1) дорога 2) путевой 3) путь 4) способ 5) средство 6) трасса • all the way to — вплоть apex of the sun's way — астрон. апекс движения …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TAKE — 1) брать 2) воспринимать 3) впитывать 4) довозить 5) дубль 6) заступать 7) захватывать 8) определять 9) отбирать 10) отнимать 11) поглощать 12) преобразовывать 13) принятие 14) проникать 15) растворять 16) схватывать • development of mine take …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WRONG — wrong сущ.1) а) зло, несправедливость, нечестность, обман и т.д.; вред, ущерб (конкретный и абстрактный, также юр.), редк. увечье; также персонифицированно …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAY — way сущ.1) путь; дорога This door is the only way out of the room. — Эта дверь - единственный путь …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WRONG — 1. rɒŋ n 1. вред; зло; обида right and wrong - добро и зло to make wrong right - называть …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WRONG — 1. сущ. 1) а) зло, несправедливость, нечестность, обман и т. д. ; вред, ущерб ( конкретный и абстрактный, также юр. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAY — 1. сущ. 1) путь; дорога This door is the only way out of the room. — Эта дверь - единственный …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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