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go wrong

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]
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]
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]
Fail, turn out badly, as in Everything about this party has gone wrong . [Late 1500s]

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"Things can and do go wrong, whether that is from renewables, fossil fuels or nuclear power. This could be the Swiss cheese model, where the holes in the system have happened to align."

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As life in Spain and Portugal stutters back to normal, the big questions are not just what went wrong but how to prevent such a full-scale power failure from happening again.

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"In general, if you implement a new technology quickly and competitively, you're not thinking as much about what might go wrong."

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"�� really hurt me was the not hearing back because you don't get any feedback to tell you where you're going wrong."

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He added: "It will feel even better when it's done, when I have knocked him out and won. Put the demons to bed and put right what went wrong."

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