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Collocations for wrong - noun

ADJECTIVE

great, terrible
past
moral
civil, criminal
There are various kinds of civil wrongs, or torts.

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VERB + wrong

commit, do (sb), inflict
If they do wrong, they have to be punished.
You are answerable in court for wrongs done to individuals.
the wrongs inflicted on innocent people
According to her, her son could do no wrong.
He admitted he had done her wrong and asked for forgiveness.
compensate (sb) for, correct (esp. AmE), put right (esp. BrE), redress, right, undo
How can we right these wrongs?
suffer
It's the job of the newspapers to expose the wrongs suffered by such people.
forgive (sb for)
The two communities must learn to forgive past wrongs.
acknowledge, apologize for, recognize
see no
I see no wrong in asking him to share the expenses.
expose
avenge

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PREPOSITION

in the wrong
Although he knew he was in the wrong, he wouldn't apologize.

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PHRASES

the difference between right and wrong
Children have to learn the difference between right and wrong.
the rights and wrongs (of sth)
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the situation, there's not a lot we can do.

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Collocations for wrong - adj.

VERBS

be, seem
go
Things seemed to be going horribly wrong.
get sth
He got all his calculations wrong.
find sth
The doctor could find nothing wrong with him.
get sb
Don't get me wrong (= don't misunderstand me)—I'm not asking for special treatment.
prove sb
She was able to prove him wrong.

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ADVERB

all, badly, disastrously, drastically, dreadfully, hopelessly, horribly, seriously, spectacularly, terribly, tragically, very
You've got it all wrong. I never meant to imply that you were responsible.
absolutely, completely, dead, downright, entirely, fundamentally, plain (informal), quite, totally, utterly
The authors are just plain wrong in their assessments.
just, simply
She's simply wrong for this job.
not far (esp. BrE)
They weren't far wrong with their estimate of 100 000.
not necessarily
clearly, obviously, plainly
ethically, morally
physically
There is nothing physically wrong with him.

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PREPOSITION

about
You were completely wrong about Maurice. He's not leaving.
for
She's all wrong for you.
in
Everything was going wrong in my life.
with
She was worried that there was something seriously wrong with her.

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PHRASES

there's nothing wrong with sth
There's nothing inherently wrong with this type of nostalgia.
you can't go wrong (with sth)
You can't go wrong with spaghetti—everyone likes it.

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Wrong is used with these nouns:
address, advice, answer, approach, assumption, attitude, calculation, choice, conclusion, decision, diagnosis, direction, idea, impression, interpretation, kind, message, moment, move, note, number, order, person, place, reason, road, side, signal, size, sort, street, tack, thing, time, turn, turning, view, way, word

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Collocations for wrong - adv.

Wrong is used with these verbs:
guess

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