Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.

    Everything seems to be going very badly wrong today.

    If you want good weather, you can't go wrong with Spain.

    schiefgehen, schieflaufen

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To malfunction.

    The vending machine went wrong and dispensed five cans of drink at once.

  3. (idiomatic, intransitive)To become wicked or depraved.

More definitions
  • be unsuccessful

Examples

324 sentences
  1. You're going in the wrong direction.

    Ти йдеш не туди. — deniko

    ruТы не туда идёшь. — marafon

    deDu gehst in die falsche Richtung. — MUIRIEL

  2. If something goes wrong, tell me.

    Якщо щось піде не так, скажи мені. — deniko

    deWenn etwas schiefgeht, sag es mir. — toivo

  3. Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.

    Все, що могло піти не так, пішло не так. — deniko

    ruВсё, что могло пойти не так, пошло не так. — odexed

    deEs ging alles daneben, was danebengehen konnte. — raggione

  4. If anything can go wrong, it will.

    Якщо щось може піти не так, так і станеться. — deniko

    deKann etwas schiefgehen, wird es das. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Sometimes everything goes wrong.

    Іноді все йде не так. — deniko

    ruИногда всё идёт не так. — marafon

    deManchmal geht alles daneben. — raggione

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fail:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo wrong
he, she, itgoes wrong

Past simpleLesson

all personswent wrong

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone wrong
he, she, ithas gone wrong

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go wrong

Synonyms

41 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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