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back the wrong horse

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back the wrong horse

to support a person or thing that fails. It was only after we'd invested all the money that we discovered we'd been backing the wrong horse.

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back down
back in circulation
back in the game
back in the saddle
back into a corner
back off
back out

back the wrong horse
back to back
back to basics
back to earth
back to square one
back to the drawing board
back up
back-door

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