wrong side

English

wrong side (bottom left) and right side

Noun

wrong side (plural wrong sides)

1. (textiles, sewing) The side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.

   Antonym: right side

   Trace the pattern on the wrong side so that any mistakes won't show when you're done.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wrong,‎ side.

   Don't drive on the wrong side of the road.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 286:

     But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.

Related terms

• get on someone's wrong side
• on the wrong side of history
• wrong side of the tracks

Translations

side of a fabric

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