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The phrase "cut the wrong way" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in a sentence to describe a situation in which someone has done something the wrong way. For example, "He tried to cut the steak, but he did it the wrong way and ended up cutting it too thin."
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Edie had come from Boston with Chuck Wein, who was her director, mentor, and producer, and he really cut her the wrong way.
(If you cut it the wrong way you will end up with several tiny pieces instead of two long strands).
Once, when she cut an owl the wrong way, she whittled it into a mother and a baby owl.
But tax cuts -- any tax cuts -- are the wrong way to go.
If the goal is to improve education, this study would suggest making schools the target of massive budget cuts is probably the wrong way to go about it.
But he warned that the steep, automatic budget cuts called sequestration are the wrong way to trim the Pentagon budget because they don't give the Defense Department and military the ability to spend a smaller budget in the smartest way.
You risk catching shade if you cut the line, but as LSDXOXO says, "if they're asking you why you just cut them, you probably did it the wrong way".
Riyad Mahrez makes no mistake, sending Jack Butland the wrong way to cut Stoke's lead to 2-1.
Galli made his share of enemies at Amazon; he barred his software developers from buying $50,000 workstations without prior approval and ended a free-aspirin program, a harmless cut that nevertheless rubbed everyone the wrong way.
Be aware if you go the wrong way you will cut yourself.
Had the court ruled the wrong way this week, that number would have been cut in half again.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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