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wrong num·ber
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wrong numbernoun
A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.
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Wrong Number
Wrong Number is a song by American country singer George Jones. Jones composed the song with Dickie Overby. It was released as a promotional single in 1965 and rose to #14 on the Billboard country chart. The song tells the story of a man who, filled with despair, calls his former lover on the telephone because he wants to hear her voice again. However, he dares not speak: "I bite my lip till the blood runs free and keep the words 'I love you' hidden deep, deep inside of me..." The woman assumes it is a wrong number and hangs up. Although not a major hit, "Wrong Number" is another in a long list of obscure George Jones songs that he sings, as Nick Tosches put it in the Texas Monthly in 1994, "as if his soul were on fire."
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wrong number in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wrong number in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of wrong number in a Sentence
There are worse things than getting a call for the wrong number at 4 AM. It could be the right number.
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone
I'm famous for calling a wrong number, but Zach Hillmer and Jason Voss need to be famous because they did an amazing act of kindness.
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937:
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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