Meaning of get the wrong end of the stick in English

get the wrong end of the stick

idiom UK informal
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to not understand a situation correctly:
Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got the wrong end of the stick.
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(Definition of get the wrong end of the stick from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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