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get into the wrong hands

get into the wrong hands verb: to fall into the wrong hands.

Verb

get into the wrong hands (third-person singular simple present gets into the wrong hands, present participle getting into the wrong hands, simple past got into the wrong hands, past participle (UK) got into the wrong hands or (US) gotten into the wrong hands)

  1. (idiomatic) To fall into the wrong hands.

Forms of get into the wrong hands

third-person singular presentgets into the wrong hands
present participlegetting into the wrong hands
pastgot into the wrong hands
past participle UKgot into the wrong hands
past participle USgotten into the wrong hands

Questions about get into the wrong hands

What does get into the wrong hands mean?
Get into the wrong hands means to fall into the wrong hands.
What part of speech is get into the wrong hands?
Get into the wrong hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of get into the wrong hands?
The past tense of get into the wrong hands is got into the wrong hands.

Words near get into the wrong hands in the dictionary

  1. get into one's stride
  2. get into shape
  3. get into someone's head
  4. get into someone's pants
  5. get into the act
  6. get into the wrong hands
  7. get into trouble
  8. get it
  9. get it how one gets it
  10. get it how one lives
  11. get it how one lives it

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