on the wrong tack

Idioms  

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

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on the wrong tack

Are the imitators of Picasso also on the wrong tack?

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

I’m going to keep it up till I find out I’m on the wrong tack; then I’ll go about.”

From The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat by Quincy Allen

We’re now on the biggest o’ all oceans, an’ if we stood on the wrong tack, we might niver set eyes on land—or only to be cast away on some dangersome shore.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid

I was on the wrong tack altogether, as I felt, when by good luck the lady herself brought me to more congenial ground.

From A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 by Florence Warden