Talk:get wrong

Missing meaning

This word also means: "to understand things in a wrong way". Rapidim (talk) 18:32, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

 Done Equinox ◑ 18:38, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Missing a related expresion? "Get [something] wrong"

"To get [something] wrong" is a missing expression in Wiktionary. I would choose to make [get it wrong] point to a valid page or, maybe, to this article - I am not sure which is better or correct. Rapidim (talk) 18:32, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

We don't really need that too. If we have put on (an entry about clothing), then we don't need an entry for put something on or put it on. Equinox ◑ 19:02, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

I disagree with you. Wiktionaries have the BIG differential of having meanings for expressions, compared to the number of them we can find in common dictionaries. The need of [get it wrong] is the big frequency of use i have seen of the expression, and of other expressions related to it - that could be redirected to the article of the first one. The first one, of course, should explain how the expression can vary. - - - - Rapidim (talk) 22:10, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

RFD discussion: November 2020–January 2021

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get wrong

SOP. Benwing2 (talk) 03:19, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

I think you are referring to the first of the two glosses. That is nothing other than an explicit formulation for a more obscure {{&lit}}, and we need to mention that because the mere presence of the dialect meaning is misleading. Fay Freak (talk) 14:17, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

• As far as sense #1 is concerned, how general is this use of "get", and is it covered at get already? Noting also get right, and the fact that adverbs can be inserted, e.g. "get totally wrong/right". I can think also of e.g. "get (something) correct", "get (something) spot on", "get (something) muddled/mixed up", so it is starting to look a bit generic. Seems to be a candidate for a helpful/explanatory "&lit", and adding or beefing up something at "get". Mihia (talk) 23:51, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

• Keep. Hi, @Ajmint. Would you like to keep your entry? -- Dentonius (my politics | talk) 10:21, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

• Replace sense 1 by {{&lit}}. The specific phrase don’t get me wrong is idiomatic, but the general verb is not (as seen in “we got it right and the rest got it wrong”^[1][2]).  --Lambiam 13:57, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

• Keep sense 2, sense 1 can be deleted or converted to &lit. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 11:16, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
• Sense 1 RFD-deleted (well, converted to &lit). —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 22:39, 1 January 2021 (UTC)