Sentence examples for took on the wrong from inspiring English sources

Other prominent political prisoners include Nikolai Avtukhovich, a veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan turned businessman, who declared war on local corruption — and went to jail, for the second time, when he took on the wrong people.

Well, they took on the wrong guy...

"You guys took on the wrong person.

"They took on the wrong guy," said Mr. Goldsmith's lawyer, Arnold Schickler.

When a serious artist produces a dud, a lot of energy can be spent trying to figure out why, but sometimes the reason is just that the artist took on the wrong subject, and later realized this, and couldn't back out, and ended up having to fake something.

We now see we took on the wrong enemy, and though I understand that "shopping" helps provide jobs by boosting the economy, in retrospect, this idea to "self-indulge" our way out of trouble has proven to be terribly misguided.

It was there that she listened to other founders' stories and realized that taking on the wrong co-founder could result in a company or vision that wasn't hers.

In a recent episode, which took on the subject of ego gone wrong, Ms. Winfrey mentioned the time she pulled a wagon full of lard onto her stage.

By that I mean they should establish a relationship, find out what went wrong and take on the system until the person has a place to live and a survival plan.

Many creative entrepreneurs will take on the wrong type of clients i.e. ones they don't particularly like or don't really inspire them, because those clients continue to pay them something.

"But generally, my advice is that if you're raising the issue, you've taken on the wrong role of interviewer rather than interviewee".