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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