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Definition on the wrong side of something in British English

on the wrong side of something phrase

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1

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

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2

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

Definition on the wrong side of something in British English