Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, especially, idiomatic)To go awry; to go wrong.

    schieflaufen, danebengehen, schiefgehen

    идти наперекосякidti naperekosjak, всё идёт наперекосякvsjo idjót naperekosjak

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to go awry or wrong:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to go awry or wrong:

Origin

Uncertain; the following etymologies have been suggested:

Uncertain; the following etymologies have been suggested:

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Forms

goes pear-shaped, going pear-shaped, went pear-shaped, gone pear-shaped
Base formgo pear-shaped · to go pear-shaped
3rd person singulargoes pear-shaped
Present participlegoing pear-shaped
Past simplewent pear-shaped
Past participlegone pear-shaped

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo pear-shaped
he, she, itgoes pear-shaped

Past simpleLesson

all personswent pear-shaped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone pear-shaped
he, she, ithas gone pear-shaped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go pear-shaped

Synonyms

7 synonyms
go downhillgo down the toiletgo Pete Tonggo to potgo to the dogsturn pear-shapedgo sideways

Antonyms

8 antonyms
prosperB2do welldo well for oneselfgainB1growA1thriveflourishC1succeedA2

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpear-shaped

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gnugoA1goagoadgoalA1
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