in the wrong

in the wrong
in the wrong
wrong; morally or legally incorrect. •

I am not in the wrong, you are.

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No, you are in the wrong.

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{adj. phr.} With moral or legal right or truth against you; against justice, truth, or fact; wrong. * /In attacking a smaller boy, Jack was plainly in the wrong./ * /Mary was in the wrong to drink from a finger bowl./ * /Since he had put pennies behind the fuses, Bill was in the wrong when fire broke out./ Compare: OUT OF THE WAY. Contrast: IN THE RIGHT.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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