go wrong
verb1
Idiomatic To worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
- Everything seems to be going very badly wrong today.
- If you want good weather, you can't go wrong with Spain.
2 more examples
- I just don't know what went wrong!2012, Amy Keating Rogers, The Last Roundup, spoken by Derpy Hooves:
- Johnson explained that absolute gauging assumed that everything that could go wrong would go wrong at the same time, resulting in the train hitting the platform. In contrast, probabilistic gauging says that everything can go wrong, but not at the same time.2023 April 19, Philip Haigh, “Gauging ways to ensure rail freight gains more paths”, in RAIL, number 981, page 45:
2
Idiomatic To malfunction.
- The vending machine went wrong and dispensed five cans of drink at once.
3
Idiomatic To become wicked or depraved.
- Mr. Blue Sky / Please tell us why / You had to hide away for so long (so long) / Where did we go wrong?1977, Electric Light Orchestra, “Mr. Blue Sky”, in Out of the Blue: