Meaning of wrong number | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example, by transposing digits.
2. A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.
   broadly
3. An incorrect notion or understanding concerning a person or situation.
   dated, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I am sorry. You have⟳ the wrong number⟳. — Oh. Is this 555-8986? — No. This is 555-8689. — Oh. Excuse⟳ me! — Okay. Bye.”

“- Who was that on the phone? - It was just a wrong number⟳.”

“Codd said . . . when he had her fixed and tested her a few times he would take⟳ me up for a ride⟳. "You got the wrong number⟳," I says. "I don't feel⟳ flighty."”

“The readers probably expecting me to go on about how Johnny was real nostalgic about some kind of material security. . . . Well, the readers got the wrong number⟳.”

“His musical system, like⟳ the political system he served, would rescue⟳ the present⟳ moment from crisis and place⟳ it at last⟳ in productive harmony with history's demands. Boy, did he have⟳ the wrong number⟳.”

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