wrong steer

Example Sentences

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If someone gives her a wrong steer, she crosses the tipster's name off her list.

From Time Magazine Archive

I guess though, that is a wrong steer, for Altman has come out flat for his old team and denies any intention of jumping his contract.”

From Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour by Chadwick, Lester

Mr. Emory certainly gave us a wrong steer.

From Voice from the Cave by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)

I guess some one's been givin' you the wrong steer," says I. "I ain't started any kindergarten class yet.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell

I figured he'd make direct for Dawson, but he's either changed his mind or got a wrong steer.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)