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Synonyms for bark up wrong tree
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɑrk |
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Définition of bark up wrong tree
Origin :- dog sound, Old English beorc, from bark (v.). Paired and compared with bite (n.) since at least 1660s; the proverb is older: "Timid dogs bark worse than they bite" was in Latin (Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, Quintius Curtius).
- As in misjudge : verb get the wrong idea
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