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make a wrong turn at Albuquerque

make a wrong turn at Albuquerque is the alternative form of take a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

Meaning of take a wrong turn at Albuquerque

Verb

take a wrong turn at Albuquerque (third-person singular simple present takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque, present participle taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque, simple past took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, past participle taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque)

  1. (idiomatic) To take a wrong turn or miss a turn in a journey, so reaching a place distant from the original goal.
    • Against the glacial backdrop he looked like a lost minstrel who'd taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.2008, Paul Beatty, Slumberland, page 158

Forms of make a wrong turn at Albuquerque

third-person singular presentmakes a wrong turn at Albuquerque
present participlemaking a wrong turn at Albuquerque
past participlemade a wrong turn at Albuquerque
pastmade a wrong turn at Albuquerque

Questions about make a wrong turn at Albuquerque

What is make a wrong turn at Albuquerque the alternative form of?
Make a wrong turn at Albuquerque is the alternative form of take a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

Words near make a wrong turn at Albuquerque in the dictionary

  1. make a stick for one's own back
  2. make a stink
  3. make a time
  4. make a Virginia fence
  5. make a virtue of necessity
  6. make a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  7. make after
  8. make against
  9. make all the difference
  10. make all the running
  11. make amends

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