go wrong
idiom
1
: to happen or proceed in a way that causes a bad result
We 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.
2
: to make a mistake
I 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." "Their clam chowder is good. You can't go wrong with there."
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Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbors are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong goes worse.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Sometimes, everything that can go wrong does.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Deactivating the delay appears to be another thing that could go wrong.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
And when things go wrong, your career sometimes takes dips.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Sometimes, everything that can go wrong does.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Deactivating the delay appears to be another thing that could go wrong.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
And when things go wrong, your career sometimes takes dips.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for go wrong
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“Go wrong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20wrong. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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