I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and got lost.
take a wrong turn at Albuquerque
idiomTo take a wrong turn or miss a turn in a journey, so reaching a place distant from the original goal.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.From the 1945 film Herr Meets Hare, often repeated in several Bugs Bunny cartoons afterwards.
We missed the exit and took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, so we arrived an hour late.
After misreading the map, they took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and found themselves driving through a remote desert instead of reaching the city.
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To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.
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Buggins's turn
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cross to take up
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