get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
Definition
› to not understand a situation correctly: My mum got the wrong end of the stick and thought that Jim was my boyfriend. → See also dead end → See also light at the end of the tunnel → See also odds and ends → See also the tail end of sth → See also the West End → See also be at your wits' end
(Definition of get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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- get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick idiom
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get (sb) off (sth)
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get (sb) out
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get (sth) off the ground idiom
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get a grip (on yourself) idiom
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