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单词 fall into the wrong hands
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fall into the wrong hands

If something falls into the wrong hands, a dangerous person or an enemy starts to own or control it:

There are fears that the weapons might fall into the wrong hands.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Dangers and threats

  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • calculated risk
  • chance
  • darkly
  • desperately
  • dodgy
  • gamble
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • high-risk
  • hostage
  • hostage to fortune idiom
  • poisoned chalice
  • precarious
  • pull
  • pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
  • risk
  • treacherous

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fall into the wrong hands

to be found and taken by someone who is not the owner:

I wouldn’t want my machine to fall into the wrong hands.
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