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go wrong

go wrong

 
See:
wrong
part of speech: phrase
definition 1: to malfunction, go badly, or cause failure or difficulty (often fol. by "with").
What went wrong with their marriage?Something went wrong with the car during the race and he lost.Something went wrong at work today but he won't tell me what happened.They used to be good friends but something went wrong and they are not friends anymore.They knew things were going wrong with their business, but they didn't know what to do about it.The project was a total failure. Everything went wrong.
synonyms:
miscarry
similar words:
bomb, come to grief, fail, fizzle, flop
definition 2: to follow an immoral course.
similar words:
deviate, sin, stray, transgress, trespass