go wrong
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Go astray, make a mistake. For example, We made a left turn and somehow went wrong from then on , or You won't go wrong if you follow the directions in the dress pattern . [c. 1300]
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Take to evil ways, become a criminal, as in As soon as he turned thirteen, Billy fell in with a gang and began to go wrong . [c. 1500]
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Fail, turn out badly, as in Everything about this party has gone wrong . [Late 1500s]
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Fail to work properly, as in The car starts fine, but as soon as you put it in gear, the transmission goes wrong . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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The drollery in “Seasons” is based on the eternal question about what can, and invariably will, go wrong next.
"We lost oars, and we drifted out further.... It kind of all went wrong very, very quickly."
From BBC
“You really think that going happen? She asked you over. Gotta trust people at some point. Just ’cause one thing happened with a friend, doesn’t mean everything always going for go wrong.”
From Literature
The immediate instinct is to ask what went wrong — but that misses the point.
From MarketWatch
Tax filing should go smoothly for most people, but frustrations arise when something goes wrong and it’s tough to get help at the IRS.
From MarketWatch
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