Question
Select the idiom/phrase that most accurately and
contextually replaces the bolded segment. The detective wasted weeks pursuing an incorrect lead  because of a witness’s misleading statement.Solution
(c) Barking up the wrong tree  (Focusing wrongly; (e) is exaggerating)
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