American & Australian, informal

information that is not correct or not helpful.

The bus driver gave us a bum steer and we ended up miles from where we wanted to go.

Her suggestion to eat at that little Italian restaurant was a bum steer. (= a bad suggestion)

• at a push
• at a rate of knots
• at a snail's pace
• at a stretch
• at a time
• at beck and call
• at best
• at convenience
• at cross purposes
• at cross-purposes
• at death's door
• at each other's throats
• at earliest convenience
• at ease
• at elbow
• a tell-tale
• a tempest in a teapot
• at every turn
• at expense
• at fingertips
• at first blush
• at first glance
• have a shot at
• have a shot at someone
• have a shot at something