on the wrong track

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on the wrong track

1. Lit. [of a train] following the wrong set of tracks. We had to back up, because somehow we got on the wrong track.

2. Fig. going the wrong way; following the wrong set of assumptions. You'll never get the right answer. You're on the wrong track. They won't get it figured out because they are on the wrong track.

See also: track, wrong

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