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get hold of the wrong end of the stick

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand something. I was struggling with the reading before, but now I've definitely got hold of the wrong end of the stick.
See also: end, get, hold, of, stick, wrong

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ŚWiĘTopeŁKshvyen-TAW-pewkPolish (Archaic)
MandiMAN-deeEnglish
Anil-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nep
Dutton['dʌtn]
IbbieIB-eeEnglish
JulekYUW-lekPolish
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