GET THE WRONG END OF THE STICK

Meaning of GET THE WRONG END OF THE STICK in English

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GET THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — see stick
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — see stick
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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
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
END — I. ˈend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, …
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
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
END — end 1 — ender , n. /end/ , n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is …
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
STICK — I. ˈstik noun Etymology: Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik stick, Old English stician …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
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
STICK — vt a thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. 2. stick ·vi to cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. 3. stick …
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
STICK — [stick] n [ME stik, fr. OE sticca; akin to ON stik stick, OE stician to stick] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
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
STICK — / stɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( stuck , stuck / stʌk; NAmE /) PUSH STH IN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
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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
STICK — I. stick 1 S1 W3 /stɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
END — I. end 1 S1 W1 /end/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ end , ↑ ending ; …
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
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
END — n. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
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
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
END — n. & v. n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
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
STICK — 1. n.1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
END — n. & v. --n. 1. a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
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
END — ( ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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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
END — (LAST POINT) [noun] [C] - the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part …
Cambridge English vocab
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Slang English vocab
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Slang English vocab
WRONG — See ↑ BAD 13, ↑ UNSUITABLE 1,2, ↑ WRONG 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wrong • ↑ can do no …
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STICK — INDEX: 1. to join one thing to another, especially using glue 2. when one thing sticks to another 3. something …
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GET — INDEX: 1. to get something by buying it, asking for it, or finding it 2. to be given something 3. …
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END — INDEX: 1. the last part of an event or period of time 2. the last part of a book, film, …
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GET — v. 25B6; verb where did you get that hat? : ACQUIRE, obtain, come by, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, …
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
STICK — v. 1 pierce, thrust, stab, transfix, pin, spike, impale, spear, spit, run through, poke, gore, jab, prick, puncture, punch, penetrate, …
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
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Словарь английских идиом
END — I verb 1 BAD : The film was ended at eight-thirty. GOOD : The film ended at eight-thirty. ◆◆◆ The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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
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