Idiom
fall into the wrong hands
Meaning
To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Keep your password safe so it does not fall into the wrong hands.”
“The spy worried that the secret documents might fall into the wrong hands if he left them on his desk.”
“The scientist feared that if his dangerous research were to fall into the wrong hands, it could cause irreparable harm to the public.”
Examples
simple
“Keep your password safe so it does not fall into the wrong hands.”
contextual
“The spy worried that the secret documents might fall into the wrong hands if he left them on his desk.”
complex
“The scientist feared that if his dangerous research were to fall into the wrong hands, it could cause irreparable harm to the public.”
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