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two wrongs do not make a right



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Idioms and Phrases

A second misdeed or mistake does not cancel the first, as in Don't take his ball just because he took yours—two wrongs do not make a right . This proverbial adage sounds ancient but was first recorded in 1783, as Three wrongs will not make one right .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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two-word verbTwo wrongs don't make a right