zig when one should zag
verb1
Idiomatic To misstep or err.
- As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of birch trees. I turned around and saw the sled was gone […]2014, Larry Bettag, No Rewind: Only One Shot, page 53:
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- zigzag