LekhoriLekhoriA telephone number dialled by mistake, for example, by transposing digits.
I am sorry. You have the wrong number. — Oh. Is this 555-8986? — No. This is 555-8689. — Oh. Excuse me! — Okay. Bye.
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.
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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