Talk:get wrong

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


 * ✅ 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
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, 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, . 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 is idiomatic, but the general verb is not (as seen in “we got it right and the rest got it wrong”).  --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)