GET (HOLD OF) THE WRONG END OF THE STICK

Meaning of GET (HOLD OF) THE WRONG END OF THE STICK in English

( BrE , informal ) to understand sth in the wrong way

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

GET HOLD OF THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — confuse the issue, be confused
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GET (HOLD OF) THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — ~ Brit. misunderstand something. → wrong
Concise Oxford English vocab
GET HOLD OF THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — see stick
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET HOLD OF THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — see stick
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GET HOLD OF THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — неправильно понять, превратно истолковать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GET HOLD OF THE WRONG END OF THE STICK — неправильно понять, превратно истолковать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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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
STICK
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GET
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
STICK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLD — hold 1 — holdable , adj. /hohld/ , v. , held; held or ( Archaic ) holden; holding; n. v.t. …
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
HOLD — I. ˈhōld verb ( held ˈheld ; hold·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High …
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
HOLD — noun binding power and influence. 2. hold ·noun the authority or ground to take or keep; claim. 3. hold ·noun …
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WRONG — [wrong] n [ME, fr. OE wrang, fr. (assumed) wrang, adj., wrong] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an injurious, unfair, or unjust …
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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
HOLD — [hold] vb held ; hold.ing [ME, fr. OE healdan; akin to OHG haltan to hold, and perh. to L celer …
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 …
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HOLD — / həʊld; NAmE hoʊld/ verb , noun ■ verb ( held , held / held; NAmE /) IN HAND / …
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GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
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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
HOLD — I. hold 1 S1 W1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle held /held/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GET
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
HOLD — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
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
HOLD — v. & n. v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
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
HOLD — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1. tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands …
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
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING /hoʊld/ ( holds, holding, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING (~s, ~ing, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STICK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bag holds sth ▪ I don't think that bag will hold all those …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
END
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
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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