on the wrong tack

Idioms  

1. Also, on the wrong track. See under on the right tack.

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Example Sentences

Are the imitators of Picasso also on the wrong tack?

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw he was sailing on the wrong tack.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

And if you become suspicious that you are on the wrong tack, turn back unhesitatingly, no matter how time presses.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

But I really begin to think we're on the wrong tack.

From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Molesworth, Mrs.

I collect from what you tell me," said the Police-Inspector, "that my men have been going on the wrong tack.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend