bum steer
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]bum steer (plural bum steers)
- (idiomatic) Bad advice or information, regardless of intention.
- 1977, Kingsley Amis, Harold's years: impressions from the New Statesman and the Spectator:
- He never, so far as I knew, gave me a bum steer.
Usage notes
[edit]- Mainly used after the verbs to give or to receive.