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two wrongs do not make a right
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Idioms and Phrases
A second misdeed or mistake does not cancel the first, as in Don't take his ball just because he took yours—two wrongs do not make a right . This proverbial adage sounds ancient but was first recorded in 1783, as Three wrongs will not make one right .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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