Meaning of get wrong | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, wrong.
   transitive
2. To be told off or reprimanded; to get into trouble.
   Norfolk, Northumbria, often

Examples

“You've got it all wrong: I'm innocent of this crime!”

“Emily got three of the sums wrong in her maths test.”

“[…] 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.’”

“‘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.”

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