In the wrong box

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out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated.

- Ridley (1554

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memory			The date on the form was wrong, the time was missing, many observation boxes had been left blank and Mr Crooks' respiration rate had been recorded in the wrong box. TEES MEDIC: DECISION DUE; Committee to rule on care allegations by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) When we tried it, the Tory site told us contemptuously: "With that kind of aim, you'll probably put your X in the wrong box and vote for another five years of broken promises. 05/05/05: The Election: THE ODD COUPLE : Out on the streets.. by The Mirror (London, England) The trainer's third case of mistaken identity, at Plumpton on September 27, had fatal consequences for Trump Card, who was put back in the wrong box after exercising on the horse-walker on the morning of the race and subsequently loaded into the horsebox. Third mix-up inquiry for Mann today by The Racing Post (London, England)			in the least in the long run In the lump in the lurch in the main in the meantime in the midst In the name of in the nick of time in the offing In the person of in the pink in the public domain in the public eye in the raw In the rough In the same boat in the same breath in the south In the suds In the teeth in the way In the way with In the wind's eye in the wings In the wrong box in their right minds in theory in this In this connection in time in toto In touch In transitu in truth in turn In twain In two in two ways in unison in use in utero in vacuo in vain in velvet in vino veritas In virtue of in vitro in vitro fertilization in vivo in vogue			in the wilderness in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the world in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box in the wrong place in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord 1 In the year of our Lord 1 In the Year of the Jubilee in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone In Theatre in their entirety in their midst in their midst In Their Own Words in their right minds in their wisdom

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