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go wrong

  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]



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Their brief hello turns into a moment to recall everything that has gone wrong, and just how quickly it all went to sh*t.

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"It's a feeling of helplessness, emptiness, normally if something goes wrong, we can sort things out but this has been very difficult."

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Sometimes, when you try too hard, things can go wrong.

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The fear is understandable, given the number of things that could go wrong in the process of turning one simple idea into a fully mounted Broadway production.

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It is also demanding more accountability when things go wrong, like in the case of Daniel Clarke.

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