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see TAKE THE WRONG WAY.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): take something amiss [and] take something the wrong way to understand something as wrong or insulting. • Would you take it amiss if I told you I thought you look lovely? • I was afraid you’d take it the wrong way.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs