on the wrong tack
Also, on the wrong track. See under on the right tack.
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Words nearby on the wrong tack
on the way out, on the whole, on the wing, on the wrong foot, on the wrong side of bed, on the wrong tack, on thin ice, ontic, on time, on tiptoe, onto
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