W
Idioms beginning with "W"
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[write-up] {n.}
A report or story in a newspaper or magazine.
There was a write-up of the accident in the newspaper.
I read an interesting write-up about the President in a new magazine.
[write up] {v.}
1. To write the story of; describe in writing; give a full account of.
Reporters from many newspapers are here to write up the game.
The magazine is writing up the life of the President.
2. To put something thought or talked […]
[writing] or [handwriting on the wall] {n. phr.}, {literary}
A warning; a message of some urgency.
"This nuclear plant is about to explode, I think," the chief engineer said. "We'd better get out of here in a hurry, the handwriting is on the wall."
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[wrong]
See:
[BARK UP THE WRONG TREE],
[BET ON THE WRONG HORSE],
[GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT],
[GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED],
[IN THE WRONG],
[LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH],
[RUB THE WRONG WAY].