Usually means: Food or drink causes choking.
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  1. go down the wrong way: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. go down the wrong way: Collins English Dictionary
  3. go down the wrong way: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. go down the wrong way: Wiktionary

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  1. go down the wrong way: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (go down the wrong way)

verb:  (idiomatic, of food or drink) To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in coughing or choking.

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