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Definition of bark up the wrong tree
bark up the wrong tree
- to seek something from the wrong person or place.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'bark': | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical creature on which flatulence ("farts") can be blamed. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit outdoors. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: an imaginary creature to blame flatulence on. | |
| Definitions include: a fart. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
Other terms relating to 'tree': | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: to get seriously inebriated! | |
| Definitions include: printed on paper. | |
| Definitions include: mad / nuts. | |
| Definitions include: extremely drunk. Common in Ireland and the UK. | |
| Definitions include: Someone who claims they can fix your car but have no real training or the right tools. | |
| Definitions include: a large penis. | |
| Definitions include: to throw up. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is fanatical about nature. | |
| Definitions include: marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: printed on paper. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical tree that causes ugliness when one falls out of it. | |
| Definitions include: to bother, to annoy. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
Other terms relating to 'wrong': | |
| Definitions include: A man or woman with a body that is out of shape or unattractive. | |
| Definitions include: extremely ugly | |
| Definitions include: of multiple people, to have an unpleasant first meeting. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical act that causes a person to be in a bad mood. | |
| Definitions include: If someone looks really weird, they must be from planet wrong. | |
| Definitions include: to annoy or anger. | |
| Definitions include: to be in a bad mood. | |
| Definitions include: a bad part of town. | |
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