on the wrong track in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "on the wrong track",
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "on the wrong track",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "on the right track"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "using the wrong general approach to a particular task or problem; pursuing something in an unpromising way"
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_wrong_track-en-prep_phrase-xFl8Sv12",
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "unpromising",
          "unpromising"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "wrong side of the tracks"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "väärillä raiteilla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "faire fausse route"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "auf dem Holzweg sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "auf dem falschen Dampfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "fuori strada"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the wrong track"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "on the wrong track",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "on the wrong track",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "wrong side of the tracks"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "on the right track"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "using the wrong general approach to a particular task or problem; pursuing something in an unpromising way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "unpromising",
          "unpromising"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "väärillä raiteilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "faire fausse route"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "auf dem Holzweg sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "auf dem falschen Dampfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fuori strada"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the wrong track"
}

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"on the wrong track" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase