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"get the wrong idea" is a perfectly acceptable phrase to use in written English.
You can use it when you want to suggest that someone has mistakenly assumed something to be true or has misunderstood something. For example, "She got the wrong idea when I said she could come over - I meant later this week, not today."
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"People could really get the wrong idea.
Clovis, lest anyone get the wrong idea, was a chimpanzee.
These people, I think, might get the wrong idea.
"I'm just worried that people may get the wrong idea.
"People can get the wrong idea," Mr. Garrison said.
No one could get the wrong idea then.
"Don't get the wrong idea about that," he cautions.
It's easy to get the wrong idea about that face.
People always get the wrong idea about me.
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But businesses shouldn't get the wrong idea they still need to be paying attention to the opportunities Facebook presents.
But don't get the wrong idea.
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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.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com