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in the wrong place

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in the wrong place (at the wrong time)

unlucky to be somewhere Cops say the kid who got shot was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was, simply, the wrong man in the wrong place and was very unhappy.

Opposite of: in the right place at the right time

See also: place, wrong