- go wrong
- verbbe unsuccessful (Freq. 12)-
Where do today's public schools fail?
-The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
• Hyponyms:↑take it on the chin, ↑miss, ↑overreach, ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑botch up, ↑muff, ↑blow, ↑flub, ↑screw up, ↑ball up, ↑spoil, ↑muck up, ↑bungle, ↑fluff, ↑bollix, ↑bollix up, ↑bollocks, ↑bollocks up, ↑bobble, ↑mishandle, ↑louse up, ↑foul up, ↑mess up, ↑fuck up, ↑strike out, ↑fall, ↑shipwreck, ↑fall through, ↑fall flat, ↑founder, ↑flop• Verb Frames:-Something ——s
-Somebody ——s
-Something is ——ing PP
-Somebody ——s PP
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develop in an undesirable way* * *
go wrong1 : to happen or proceed in a way that causes a bad resultWe have to figure out what went wrong with the experiment.
Everything is going wrong for me today.
When she didn't come back, we feared that something had gone horribly wrong. [=that something very bad had happened]
What could possibly go wrong?
2 : to make a mistakeI followed the instructions to the letter and the computer still doesn't work. Where did I go wrong?
“I don't know what to order.” “You can't go wrong with their clam chowder.” [=their clam chowder is always a good choice]
• • •Main Entry: ↑wrong* * *
go ˈwrong idiom1. to make a mistake•
If you do what she tells you, you won't go far wrong.
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Where did we go wrong with those kids
(= what mistakes did we make for them to behave so badly)?
2. (of a machine) to stop working correctly•
My watch keeps going wrong.
3. to experience problems or difficulties•
The relationship started to go wrong when they moved abroad.
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What else can go wrong
(= what other problems are we going to have)?
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
