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back the wrong horse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
back- the wrong horse
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

backs the wrong horse (present, singular) backing the wrong horse (participle, present) backed the wrong horse (participle, past) backed the wrong horse (past)

Synonyms

pick the wrong horse choose the wrong horse

Antonyms

back the right horse

Questions

What does back the wrong horse mean?
To support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful.

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