go down the wrong throat

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go down the wrong throat (third-person singular simple present goes down the wrong throat, present participle going down the wrong throat, simple past went down the wrong throat, past participle gone down the wrong throat)

1. Synonym of go down the wrong way (“of food or drink: to go down the trachea instead of the esophagus”)