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wide of the mark

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Adj.1.wide of the mark - not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
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inaccurate - not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"


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What's the use of shooting wide of the mark, eh, old boy
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
She spoke to the Red Queen, whose answer was a little wide of the mark.
Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context
Cassandra would have liked to feel certain that, when Katharine made no reply at all or one wide of the mark, she was making up her mind to get married at once, but it was difficult, if this were so, to account for some remarks that Katharine let fall about the future.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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