Definition of go wrong Go wrong
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| go wrong - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" | ||
| fail, miscarry | ||
| deliver the goods, bring home the bacon, succeed, come through, win be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" | ||
| take it on the chin undergo failure or defeat | ||
| miss fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" | ||
| overreach fail by aiming too high or trying too hard | ||
| ball up, louse up, fuck up, foul up, flub, botch up, botch, bollocks up, bollocks, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bungle, muff, mishandle, muck up, fluff, bumble, mess up, screw up, fumble, spoil, blow make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" | ||
| strike out set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| shipwreck destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked" | ||
| fall flat, fall through, flop, founder fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" | ||
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