get wrong
Pronunciations
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/ɡɛt ɹæŋ/
Pronunciation notes
- Northumbria
Verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, wrong.
Usage- Transitive
- Related words
- Examples
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You've got it all wrong: I'm innocent of this crime!
Emily got three of the sums wrong in her maths test.
To be told off or reprimanded; to get into trouble.
Usage- Norfolk
- Northumbria
- often
- with off
- Examples
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[…] she couldn't tell her mother and father, because she would have got wrong off her mother and father […]
When the silence had gone on a long time, Kath said, ‘I got wrong for saying nowt.’
More examples (2)
‘I got wrong off my mum for showing her up and she told my dad when he got home and he gave me a great big wallop.’
‘She's right. You'll get wrong off the War Ag, Muriel, man,’ Eileen said, gaping at her audacity.
Word forms
gets wronggetting wronggot wronggot wronggotten wrong