in the wrong place at the wrong time
The idiom "in the wrong place at the wrong time" often highlights unfortunate coincidences where someone ends up in a bad situation by sheer luck.
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Definition
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(idiomatic, informal)Being somewhere when something bad happens, often by coincidence or bad luck.
Example
- He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when the accident happened.
- She got arrested because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "in the wrong place at the wrong time":
in the wrongout of placeout of one's timeon the wrong footgone wrong