How to pronounce “wrong number”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example, by transposing digits.
• (by extension) A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• (idiomatic, dated) An incorrect notion or understanding concerning a person or situation.

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Similar Sounds

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