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make the wrong turn at Albuquerque

make the 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 the wrong turn at Albuquerque

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

Questions about make the wrong turn at Albuquerque

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

Words near make the wrong turn at Albuquerque in the dictionary

  1. make the running
  2. make the weather
  3. make the welkin ring
  4. make the world go around
  5. make the world go round
  6. make the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  7. make things interesting
  8. make this world go around
  9. make this world go round
  10. make tick
  11. make time

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