in the wrong place

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in the wrong place (at the wrong time)

unlucky to be somewhere Cops say the kid who got shot was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was, simply, the wrong man in the wrong place and was very unhappy.

Opposite of: in the right place at the right time

See also: place, wrong

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I was struck especially by the curious movements of the legs of the three swathed and bandaged boatmen,-- not stiff they were, but distorted in some odd way, almost as if they were jointed in the wrong place. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context I thought it right to tell you, because you went on as you always do, never looking just where you are, and treading in the wrong place. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context For instance, there is a word which means a runaway, or the act of glancing through a book, according to the placing of the emphasis; and another word which signifies to ASSOCIATE with a man, or to AVOID him, according to where you put the emphasis--and you can generally depend on putting it in the wrong place and getting into trouble. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate in trouble in truth in tune in tune with in tune with the times in turn in two shakes			in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the world in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord 1 In the year of our Lord 1 In the Year of the Jubilee in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone In Theatre in their entirety in their midst in their midst In Their Own Words in their right minds in their wisdom in theory in theory

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