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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And if this look is a bit too Auric Goldfinger for you, no one could go wrong with the stylish $6,500 steel version.
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
Risks To The No-Recession Forecast What could go wrong with this economic forecast?
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Lots can go wrong, but nothing bad happens unless all the holes line up in successive layers of Swiss cheese.
—Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Because of that, things go wrong and vehicles delayed.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
Risks To The No-Recession Forecast What could go wrong with this economic forecast?
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Lots can go wrong, but nothing bad happens unless all the holes line up in successive layers of Swiss cheese.
—Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Because of that, things go wrong and vehicles delayed.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Go wrong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20wrong. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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