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1. Go astray, make a mistake. For example, We made a left turn and somehow went wrong from then on, or You won't go wrong if you follow the directions in the dress pattern. [c. 1300] 2. Take to evil ways, become a criminal, as in As soon as he turned thirteen, Billy fell in with a gang and began to go wrong. [c. 1500] 3. Fail, turn out badly, as in Everything about this party has gone wrong. [Late 1500s] 4. Fail to work properly, as in The car starts fine, but as soon as you put it in gear, the transmission goes wrong. [Late 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): go wrong
to fail; [for something bad] to happen. • The project failed. I don’t know what went wrong. • I’m afraid that everything will go wrong.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs