to go awry
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5.3
- phrasal verb
- /ɡoʊ əˈraɪ/
:
salir mal
- The newspaper tells of a drug raid gone awry at the Lauderdale Courts.
And when systems go awry, it's when they don't bring in different perspectives.
- And when systems go awry, it's when they don't bring in different perspectives.
- I'm starting out with the tiniest bit because I just know it can go awry so, so easily.
- And they are pregnancies that have gone awry.
- And here is where things start to really go awry.
- So can I tap into what's gone awry inside them so I can help them to flourish outside?
- Well, the full poem goes something like the best laid plans of mice and men go awry.
- So the media has talked about how this is lawyers using ChatGPT and things going awry.
- However, well-intentioned attempts at managing the room in this instance went awry.
- And as we're going and doing these shows, if at any point Dahmer comes up in those brief interactions, something has gone awry, like something is off.
- Without that, that impulse to protect whatever goes awry or just that they can't handle boredom.
- You know, there's so many things that are, are seem to be going awry in the world today.
Examples
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We are not the first culture to go awry, and we will not be the last, unfortunately.
Blog text (25) -
But this is only one of many reasons that his life goes awry.
Academic text (2000) -
But after just a few weeks, things start to go awry.
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In any event, something appeared to go awry in the early 1970s.
Academic text (1990) -
When things went awry, people always turned to prayer, to God.
Fiction book (1994) -
And without great parenting, things can go awry.
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Their plans go awry so often, however, that they do not appear to be very autonomous.
Academic text (1997) -
But if that goes awry, what the cell does is it just self destructs.
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And when systems go awry, it's when they don't bring in different perspectives.
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Despite their careful planning, the project went awry when unexpected issues arose.
Synonyms
495
2.4
To fail or happen in a bad way
3
7.9
To fail or go badly wrong, especially a plan
1
7.9
To fail completely
1
7.7
To fail in a way that makes things much worse
Antonyms
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Go awry paints a picture of something that should go straight but suddenly turns to the side, like a picture hanging crooked on a wall. That's why it means 'to go wrong or not happen as planned'.