wrong number

dated idiomatic

A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example by transposing digits. / A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.

Japanese Meaning

誤ってダイヤルされた電話番号、つまり数字の入力ミスにより間違い電話とつながってしまう場合の番号 / 電話をかける際の誤入力で、意図しない相手に接続された電話呼び出し

What is this buttons?

I intended to call my sister, but because I dialed the wrong number I reached a stranger.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

妹に電話するつもりでしたが、誤ってダイヤルした電話番号にかけてしまい、見知らぬ人につながってしまいました。

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Sense（1）

A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example by transposing digits.

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Sense（2）

A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.

Who was that on the phone?

It was just a wrong number.

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Sense（3）

(idiomatic, dated) An incorrect notion or understanding concerning a person or situation.

Codd said . . . when he had her fixed and tested her a few times he would take me up for a ride.

"You got the wrong number," I says. "I don't feel flighty."

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wrong numbers

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