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Idioms and Phrases

Completely wrong, mistaken, as in If you think you can beat the system and win at roulette, you're all wet . The original allusion in this expression is unclear, that is, how moisture or dampness is related to wrongness. [ Slang ; first half of 1900s]
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Example Sentences

Hearn said, and took that all-wet, shivering creature into his own bosom (underneath the cloth) and kindly warmed it.

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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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