Antonyms for go wrong


Grammar : Verb
Spell : rawng, rong
Phonetic Transcription : rɔŋ, rɒŋ


Definition of go wrong

Origin :
  • late Old English, "twisted, crooked, wry," from Old Norse rangr, earlier *wrangr "crooked, wry, wrong," from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (cf. Danish vrang "crooked, wrong," Middle Dutch wranc, Dutch wrang "sour, bitter," literally "that which distorts the mouth"), from PIE *wrengh- "to turn" (see wring).
  • Sense of "not right, bad, immoral, unjust" developed by c.1300. Wrong thus is etymologically a negative of right (from Latin rectus, literally "straight"). Latin pravus was literally "crooked," but most commonly "wrong, bad;" and other words for "crooked" also have meant "wrong" in Italian and Slavic. Cf. also French tort "wrong, injustice," from Latin tortus "twisted." Wrong-headed first recorded 1732. To get up on the wrong side (of the bed) "be in a bad mood" is recorded from 1801.
  • As in misbehave : verb act in inappropriate manner
  • As in miscalculate : verb make a mistake
  • As in misfire : verb fail
  • As in slip : verb err
  • As in trip : verb fall, err
  • As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
  • As in misestimate : verb miscalculate
  • As in misreckon : verb miscalculate
  • As in err : verb make a mistake; do wrong
  • As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
Example sentences :
  • It was almost three years ago that things began to go wrong.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • We can see not only that he was wrong, but exactly where he began to go wrong.
  • Extract from : « Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works » by Edward Singleton Holden
  • It is more moral to use it and go wrong, than to forego it and be right.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • It was a hard life with many opportunities to go wrong in any of many ways.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Fearing that he might go wrong, Ruggles spurred up beside him.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • He had it in him to go wrong, without the wit to get away with it.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • And immediately, as was quite right and proper, everything began to go wrong.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He slept twice on board the Wild Rose when things had begun to go wrong with him.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • If they have to buy, or to contract, things are sure to go wrong.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • Neat little operation, with only one thing that could go wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole

Synonyms for go wrong

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