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getting into the wrong hands

getting into the wrong hands is the present participle and gerund of get into the wrong hands.

Meaning of get 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.

Questions about getting into the wrong hands

What is getting into the wrong hands the present participle and gerund of?
Getting into the wrong hands is the present participle and gerund of get into the wrong hands.

Words near getting into the wrong hands in the dictionary

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

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