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go wrong
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]
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]
Fail, turn out badly, as in Everything about this party has gone wrong . [Late 1500s]
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
Sometimes, when you try too hard, things can go wrong.
The fear is understandable, given the number of things that could go wrong in the process of turning one simple idea into a fully mounted Broadway production.
It is also demanding more accountability when things go wrong, like in the case of Daniel Clarke.
"We want people to enjoy the water but be mindful of what can go wrong and what to do if it does," Geoff says.
And the government is not popular, so there's huge pressure to tell a convincing story to try to change that, not least because of what went wrong the last time.
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