go wrong

phrase

1

: to happen or proceed in a way that causes a bad result

We have to figure out what went wrong with the experiment.

Everything is going wrong for me today.

When she didn't come back, we feared that something had gone horribly wrong.

2

: to make a mistake

I followed the instructions to the letter and the computer still doesn't work. Where did I go wrong?

"I don't know what to order." "Their clam chowder is good. You can't go wrong with there."

Examples of go wrong in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

For almost a decade, it's been my job to think about where AI is heading and what could go wrong, first at OpenAI, then DeepMind, then as Chief Scientist at the UK AI Security Institute (AISI). — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

The Sparks essentially tried to skip the rebuilding part of a rebuild, and then almost everything that could go wrong with that plan did. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Four Roses Reigler says shoppers can’t go wrong with a bottle from Four Roses. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for go wrong

• agung
• along
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong
• prolong
• sarong
• tanjong