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get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
vs
misunderstand
get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
misunderstand
verb
To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
How often have the words
get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
and
misunderstand
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
)