go wrong
Frequency: 8.825.5 per million words
to fail or develop problems
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Examples (10)
- Things seemed to be going horribly wrong with the new system.
- Our carefully laid plans began to go wrong when the key witness failed to appear.
- He always asks, "What could possibly go wrong?" right before disaster strikes.
- If anything goes wrong during the presentation, just stay calm and improvise.
- Their business partnership went seriously wrong due to conflicting visions.
- The entire expedition went wrong when they lost their map in the storm.
- She constantly worried that her efforts would eventually go wrong.
- Despite all precautions, something always manages to go wrong in complex operations.
- After the initial success, their marketing campaign started to go wrong.
- For a beginner, you can't go wrong with this reliable and easy-to-use camera.