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bark up the wrong tree

 
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bark
part of speech: phrase
definition: to direct one's attention, efforts, request, or accusation to the wrong person or thing.
If you think she's going to support you in this, you're barking up the wrong tree.I think the police are barking up the wrong tree investigating this guy.The researchers are barking up the wrong tree with this new theory.