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getting the wrong idea

getting the wrong idea is the present participle and gerund of get the wrong idea.

Meaning of get the wrong idea

Verb

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

  1. To get the wrong end of the stick
    • I’ve heard that lawyers’ children, on seeing their parents in court in the heat of argument, get the wrong idea: they think opposing counsel to be the personal enemies of their parents, they suffer agonies, and are surprised to see them often go out arm-in-arm with their tormenters during the first...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Questions about getting the wrong idea

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

Words near getting the wrong idea in the dictionary

  1. getting the vapours
  2. getting the wall
  3. getting the wind up
  4. getting the word out
  5. getting the worst of it
  6. getting the wrong idea
  7. getting there
  8. getting through
  9. getting through one's head
  10. getting through one's thick skull
  11. getting to

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