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take the wrong way

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take something the wrong way
to feel that someone is criticizing you when in fact they are not Don't take this the wrong way, Jonathan, but at 33 aren't you getting a bit old for this game? If ever I make a suggestion, she always takes it the wrong way and we end up arguing.
See be barking up the wrong tree, get out of bed on the wrong side, the other side of the tracks, back the wrong horse, fall into the wrong hands, rub up the wrong way
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take something the wrong way
to fail to understand a statement or situation correctly A lot of people take his confidence the wrong way, mistaking it for arrogance. She feels like every word she says is taken the wrong way.
See also: take, way, wrong


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