"go down the wrong way" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go down the wrong way.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes down the wrong way [present, singular, third-person], going down the wrong way [participle, present], went down the wrong way [past], gone down the wrong way [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> down the wrong way|head=go down the wrong way}} go down the wrong way (third-person singular simple present goes down the wrong way, present participle going down the wrong way, simple past went down the wrong way, past participle gone down the wrong way)
  1. (idiomatic, of food or drink) To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in coughing or choking. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms (of food and drink): go down the wrong pipe, go down the wrong throat Translations (of food or drink: to go down the trachea): mennä väärään kurkkuun (Finnish), попа́сть не в то го́рло (popástʹ ne v to górlo) [perfective] (Russian), sätta i vrångstrupen (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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