on the right/wrong side of (someone)
idiom
: doing things that cause someone to like or dislike one
If you get on the wrong side of him he can be very mean.
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Messi had hit the side netting on the wrong side of the post.
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Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The Catalans need to raise money this summer to stay on the right side of Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits and make new signings of their own.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
America agrees with him, and the Democrats have got themselves completely on the wrong side of this.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 11 June 2025
Starring Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takashi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora Inu) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
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Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The Catalans need to raise money this summer to stay on the right side of Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits and make new signings of their own.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
America agrees with him, and the Democrats have got themselves completely on the wrong side of this.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 11 June 2025
Starring Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takashi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora Inu) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
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“On the right/wrong side of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20right%2Fwrong%20side%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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