Usually means: Pursuing incorrect solution or person.
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  1. bark up the wrong tree: Merriam-Webster
  2. bark up the wrong tree: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bark up the wrong tree: Wiktionary
  4. bark up the wrong tree: Dictionary.com
  5. bark up the wrong tree: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. bark up the wrong tree: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bark up the wrong tree: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bark up the wrong tree: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (bark up the wrong tree)

verb:  (idiomatic) To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.

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