go wrong

phrase

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."

Examples of go wrong in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Semiconductors also fail in ways iron does not, and a box with thousands of switching components has thousands of things that can go wrong on a Tuesday. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

For one thing, individual stocks are more volatile than an index fund and the five-year holding period means millions of shareholders can’t sell if things go wrong. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Identified by psychologist Lisanne Bainbridge in a paper published in 1983, the ironies of automation help explain why things go wrong when humans give a machine too much control. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026

After all, what could go wrong sitting atop three million barrels of oil while a hostile country fires missiles and drones at it? — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for go wrong

• agung
• along
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
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• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong
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