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."

Examples of go wrong in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That means a whole lot of things are going to have to go right, and that the Flyers will have to avoid what looks to be a pretty significant list of things that could go wrong. —Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

The one about how this team responds when things go wrong. —Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

What could possibly go wrong with bringing the same twist onto the flagship series — one in which players are voted out instead of eliminated solely through competitions? —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025

Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. —Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for go wrong

• agung
• along
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong
• prolong
• sarong
• tanjong