Complete Definition of "bark up the wrong tree"

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Verb
bark up the wrong tree
#idiom To attempt or pursue the wrong thing; to take the wrong approach; to follow a false lead.
#:If you think you're going to get him to agree just by asking, you're barking up the wrong tree.

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