take the wrong way

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Also, take amiss. Misunderstand, misinterpret, especially so as to take offense. For example, I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but you have to give others a chance to speak, or Please don't take their criticism amiss; they mean well. The variant dates from the late 1300s. Also see get someone wrong.

Words nearby take the wrong way

take the starch out of, take the sting out of, take the trouble, take the wind out of one's sails, take the words out of someone's mouth, take the wrong way, take to, take to heart, take to one's heels, take to task, take to the cleaners

Words related to take the wrong way

misread, pervert, misinterpret, exaggerate, distort, misunderstand, misjudge, misconceive, misapprehend, mistake, mistranslate