Definition of bark up the wrong tree
bark up the wrong tree
- to seek something from the wrong person or place.
by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.
Slang terms with the same root words:
- bark: all bark and no bite – Arkansas barking spider – (show 4 more)
- wrong: body made wrong – get off on the wrong foot – (show 5 more)
- tree: adopt a tree – blow trees – (show 8 more)
- up: ace up (one's) sleeve – act up – (show 310 more)
- the: 3 sheets to the wind – 411, the – (show 871 more)
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