'go wrong' definitions:
Definition of 'go wrong'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" [syn: fail, go wrong, miscarry] [ant: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win]
Synonyms of 'go wrong'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abort,
- backslide,
- be disappointing,
- be in error,
- be mistaken,
- be wrong,
- break down,
- come short,
- conk out,
- degenerate,
- deviate,
- err,
- fall,
- fall into error,
- fall short,
- fizzle,
- fizzle out,
- give out,
- go amiss,
- go astray,
- go awry,
- go haywire,
- go kaput,
- go to glory,
- go to hell,
- go to perdition,
- go to pot,
- go to ruin,
- go to shivers,
- go to smash,
- go to smithereens,
- go under,
- go up,
- lapse,
- misbelieve,
- miscalculate,
- miscarry,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- pack up,
- peter out,
- serve Mammon,
- slip,
- slip up,
- stray,
- stumble,
- trip,
- turn sour,
- wander