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wrong side en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.
    • Trace the pattern on the wrong side so that any mistakes won't show when you're done.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wrong, side.
    • But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 286:
    • Don't drive on the wrong side of the road.

Forms

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wrong sides Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

right side

Relateds

on the wrong side of history · wrong side of the tracks · get on someone's wrong side

Translations (2)

de linke Seite (side of a fabric) · ru изна́нка (side of a fabric)