Barking up the wrong tree
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Meaning
- Waste one's efforts by going on the wrong path
- Putting in ineffective attempts by doing the wrong thing
- To make a wrong choice.
- Accidentally going on the opposite path in something you are trying to achieve.
Example Sentences
- Don't bark up the wrong tree, I was not the one who started this problem.
- You will be barking up the wrong tree if you continue to focus on this issue. Focus on solving it instead.
- He misled all of us, making us believe he was innocent, so we were all barking up the wrong tree.
- They were ashamed of themselves when realizing they were barking up the wrong tree this whole time.
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Jan 28, 2021 1:48 AM
there must be something interesting about that tree that the dog is barking at
Jay Elmssih
Sep 29, 2022 10:56 PM
Ya I don’t get it.
Tyster Roley
Feb 7, 2023 4:52 PM
The dog must have gotten coved. Because it can't smell the cat!
john deree
Dec 19, 2023 11:31 AM
Tyster, Scientists report that a dog's sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times more acute than a human's. And also what is coved?
Evan Rose
Sep 12, 2024 7:41 PM
a rat
Liam H
Apr 2, 2024 2:52 PM
SQUIRREL!!!!!!!
Lul Magan
Feb 19, 2021 12:33 PM
Barking up the wrong tree.
Ayomikun Olatokunbo
Mar 21, 2023 12:07 AM
Yeah!
Liam H
Apr 2, 2024 2:54 PM
bro doesn't know what coved means
Kanak Bhati
Feb 25, 2021 4:41 PM
Shouting at the wrong person a wasting your precious voice
Joe fad
Aug 31, 2022 1:42 PM
and hurting the persons feelings
Ayomikun Olatokunbo
Mar 21, 2023 12:07 AM
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!
Alvin Ahshan
Sep 12, 2024 7:35 PM
what
