# evenly misquoted expressions...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evenly-misquoted-expressions/29760 "2000-08-17T18:40:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evenly-misquoted-expressions/29760/101 "2000-08-29T21:15:13Z")

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This in regards to sports–has anyone heard the latter? I’ve read numerous articles professing that a slumping athlete or team needs to “get untracked,” and it’s always struck me as a mangled version of a perfectly coherent phrase. Am I wrong? Does “untracked” have a plausible etymology that I’m missing, or are people just misusing “on track?”

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