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  2. IN THE WRONG definition: responsible for something bad: . Learn more.

  3. Sep 13, 2024 · The meaning of IN THE WRONG is in the position or situation of being wrong. How to use in the wrong in a sentence.

  4. responsible for a mistake, an accident, a quarrel, etc: She is clearly in the wrong. She had no right to take the book. ♢ The accident wasn’t my fault. The other driver was totally in the wrong.

  5. If someone who is involved in an argument or dispute has behaved in a way which is morally or legally wrong, you can say that they are in the wrong. He didn't press charges because he was in the wrong.

  6. IN THE WRONG meaning: responsible for something bad: . Learn more.

  7. be in the wrong. To have done something incorrect or inappropriate. The other driver was totally in the wrong—he hit me, after all! I was in the wrong to assume that you two had reconciled. I should have checked before inviting you both to the dinner party.

  8. Mistaken, to blame. For example, The teacher was clearly in the wrong but refused to admit it , or Since he had driven straight through a red light, Jack was the one in the wrong . [c. 1400]