wrong number

noun

1. (in telephoning)

   1. a call made to a number other than the one intended.

   2. the number or person reached through such a call.

2. Slang.

   1. the wrong person for a particular task, role, or situation.

      Me cook a gourmet dinner?—You've got the wrong number!

   2. an inadequate, disagreeable, or repulsive person.

      She's OK, but her brother's a wrong number.

wrong number

noun

1. a telephone number wrongly connected or dialled in error or the person so contacted

Example Sentences

Wrong number, he told his wife.

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Suddenly, machines on the East Coast that tried to process trillions of requests were getting the internet’s equivalent of a wrong number.

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On 9 October 2024, Mr McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number".

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“I may have put down the wrong number in that particular instance on accident,” he said.

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The 2020 fake electors plot failed in part because Rudy Giuliani texted the wrong number, according to the recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith, The Guardian reported.

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