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Definition on the wrong side of something in American English

on the wrong side of something phrase

phrase
1

if someone gets on the wrong side of the law, they do something illegal and have to deal with the police

2

if someone is on the wrong side of forty, fifty, etc., they are older than forty, fifty, etc.

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Definition on the wrong side of something in American English