back the wrong horse

== English == === Verb === back the wrong horse (third-person singular simple present backs the wrong horse, present participle backing the wrong horse, simple past and past participle backed the wrong horse) To support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful. Synonyms: pick the wrong horse, choose the wrong horse Antonym: back the right horse ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “back the wrong horse”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “back pick the right wrong horse” (US) / “back pick the right wrong horse” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “the wrong horse”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.