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Go wrong

To fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.

📖 Definitions of "Go wrong"

verb

1
To fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
"Everything seems to be going wrong today."
2
To malfunction.
"The vending machine went wrong and dispensed five cans of drink at once."
3
To become wicked or depraved.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
miscarryverb	To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
failverb	(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
go awryverb	(intransitive) To depart from the correct course.
missnoun	A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
misfallnoun	A mishap; accident; bad luck; misfortune.
misgonoun	An error or mistake
foul upverb	(intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To make a mistake, to go wrong.
misturnnoun	A wrong turn.
mishappenverb	(intransitive) To happen ill; fare ill.
mess upverb	(transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
go horribly rightverb	(idiomatic) To produce a technically correct result, but with highly undesirable consequences.
miscomenoun	An illegitimate child.
misgrowverb	(ambitransitive) To grow incorrectly or amiss.
misbefallverb	(transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
go down the wrong pipeverb	Synonym of go down the wrong way.
go astrayverb	(intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
misfirenoun	An act of misfiring.
put a foot wrongverb	(idiomatic) To make a mistake.
miswendverb	(obsolete) To go wrong; to stray.
go amissverb	To be unhelpful or inappropriate: usually used in the negative, as "not go amiss", to express that something would be welcome or useful.

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