wrong track
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwrongandtrack
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wrong
adjective
uk/rɒŋ/us/rɑːŋ/
not ...
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track
noun
uk/træk/us/træk/
the pair of long metal bars fixed on the ground at an equal distance from each other, along which ...
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(Definition ofwrongandtrackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwrong track
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We are clearly on thewrongtrack.
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Attempts to operate like physics typically divert thought from this diversity, and therefore take awrongtrack.
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We are on thewrongtrack.
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You are on thewrongtrack.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Are we not on thewrongtrack?
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You are on thewrongtrack!
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We were on thewrongtracktoday.
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I was on thewrongtrack.
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She is on completely thewrongtrack.
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We are on completely thewrongtrack.
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That also proves that we are on thewrongtrack.
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Obviously everybody had got off on thewrongtrack.
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Anyone who believes that is on thewrongtrack.
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I think that they are both on thewrongtrack.
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That is entirely thewrongtrackto take.
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I repeat: we are on completely thewrongtrack.
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The left are on thewrongtrackagain today.
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But there he is on quite thewrongtrack.
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I say that they are on thewrongtrack.
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I was on thewrongtrackfor a moment.
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That false assumption will effectively seal off any fruitful future investigation of early jazz, for it will set investigators on thewrongtrack.
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According to those arguments, we have been on thewrongtrackfor the last half-century.
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We are, perhaps, on thewrongtrackin always talking about rises in price.
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The trouble is that interventions often cause me to go down thewrongtrack.
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I can assure him that he is on thewrongtrack.
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