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back up the wrong horse

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  • the wrong horse — ◇ If you choose/pick/back (etc.) the wrong horse, you choose or support someone or something that is not successful. The company has been losing money, and many investors are beginning to feel that they may have backed the wrong horse. • • • Main …   Useful english dictionary

  • back the wrong horse — {v. phr.} To support a loser. * /In voting for George Bush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • back the wrong horse — {v. phr.} To support a loser. * /In voting for George Bush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • back the wrong horse — back/pick/the right/wrong/horse phrase to support someone or something that succeeds fails Despite their best efforts, companies sometimes end up backing the wrong horse. Thesaurus: to do something well or better …   Useful english dictionary

  • back the wrong horse — If you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • back the wrong horse —    If you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you back or bet on the wrong horse, for example the loser in a contest, match or election, you support the wrong… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Back the wrong horse —   If you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • back the wrong horse — to support a person or thing that fails. It was only after we d invested all the money that we discovered we d been backing the wrong horse …   New idioms dictionary

  • back\ the\ wrong\ horse — v. phr. To support a loser. In voting for George Bush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse …   Словарь американских идиом

  • bet on the wrong horse —    If you back or bet on the wrong horse, for example the loser in a contest, match or election, you support the wrong person.     When I voted for him, I was convinced he would win, but I backed the wrong horse …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • pick the wrong horse — back/pick/the right/wrong/horse phrase to support someone or something that succeeds fails Despite their best efforts, companies sometimes end up backing the wrong horse. Thesaurus: to do something well or better …   Useful english dictionary

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