HyperDic: go_wrong

English > 1 sense of the expression go wrong:
VERBsocialgo wrong, fail, miscarrybe unsuccessful
English > go wrong: 1 sense > verb 1, social
MeaningBe unsuccessful.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsfail, miscarry
Narrowerbotch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck upmake a mess of, destroy or ruin
fallSuffer defeat, failure, or ruin
fall through, fall flat, founder, flopfail utterly
missfail to reach or get to
overreachfail by aiming too high or trying too hard
shipwreckSuffer failure, as in some enterprise
strike outBe unsuccessful in an endeavor / endeavor
take it on the chinUndergo failure or defeat / defeat
Oppositesucceed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goodsattain success or reach a desired goal / goal
Spanishfallar, fracasar, zozobrar
Catalanequivocar-se, fallar, fracassar

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