"barking up the wrong tree" meaning in English

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Verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of bark up the wrong tree Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bark up the wrong tree
    Sense id: en-barking_up_the_wrong_tree-en-verb-g2wtn2qT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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