in the wrong
The phrase "in the wrong" is commonly used to indicate fault or responsibility in various contexts, including moral, legal, and everyday situations.
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Definition
B2General
(informal)Responsible for a mistake or error.
Example
- We had an argument and each of us thinks that the other was in the wrong.
C1Legal
(formal)Guilty of a moral or legal transgression.
Example
- The teacher was clearly in the wrong but refused to admit it.
B2Dispute
(general)Holding an incorrect or unjustifiable position in a disagreement.
Example
- I am not in the wrong, you are.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "in the wrong":
get wrongin the wrong place at the wrong timein errorwrong sidegone wrongwrong 'ungo wrongthe wrong side ofon the wrong footwrong side outin the wayin troubleout of lineout of placeat faultoff the markoff targetwide of the markout of whackin someone's way