go wrong
if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

fail to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc:
The plan failed.
They failed to persuade her to change her mind.
This method never fails.
go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well:
The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.
not work if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do:
The drugs don’t work.
I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work.
be unsuccessful /ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl◂/ to not have the result you wanted:
His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.
The search was unsuccessful.
be a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts:
The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure.
backfire if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do:
His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.
in vain if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it:
They tried in vain to save him.
All her efforts had been in vain.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

go wrong
1.
to make a mistake or a bad decision.
With so many great players to choose from, there was no way I could go wrong.

If you follow the signs to the park, you can't go wrong.

You can't go wrong with the Italian restaurants in this neighborhood.

2.
to experience problems or have a bad result.
I don't know what I would have done if anything had gone wrong.

They tried to find out what went wrong with the science experiment.

3.
to start to behave very badly.
He was a kid who went wrong, although he came from a very good family.

Has something gone wrong with nature?

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

go wrong
to fail
Things began to go wrong as soon as our camping trip began.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

go wrong
v. phr.
1. To fail; go out of order.
Something went wrong with our car and we stalled on the road.
2. To sink into an immoral or criminal existence.
In a large city many young people go wrong every year.

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