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Past participle for to fail or not succeed

Past participle for to make a mistake

(of a device) Past participle for to malfunction or stop working effectively

Past participle for to worsen or degenerate in condition or quality

Past participle for to morally go astray

Past participle for to lose one's way or bearings

(of a business) Past participle for to go bankrupt

Past participle for to make an error in judgment or assessment

Not fully functioning or in proper working condition

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Verb

Past participle for to fail or not succeed

come to nothing

met with disaster

bitten the dust

gone off course

come apart at the seams

gone up in smoke

gone down like a lead balloon

missed the mark

gone pear-shaped

not come up to scratch

suffered defeat

turned out badly

gone down the tube

ended in failure

come to a sticky end

come to a bad end

ground to a halt

failed to happen

failed to go off

not made the grade

met with failure

gone on the rocks

gone to the wall

had an adverse effect

had unwelcome repercussions for

not gone as planned

missed the boat

gone down swinging

fallen by the wayside

failed to work out

had an adverse effect on

came to nothing

went up in smoke

went pear-shaped

backed wrong horse

went down swinging

went down like a lead balloon

not came up to scratch

hit rock bottom

came apart at the seams

brought to naught

went to the wall

fell by the wayside

missed the target

ended in defeat

failed miserably

ended in disappointment

went off course

came to a bad end

came to a sticky end

went on the rocks

fallen short of expectations

fell short of expectations

fallen short of

went out of business

sunk without trace

gone out of business

sank without trace

went by the board

gone down the toilet

went down the toilet

gone by the board

fell flat on your face

fallen flat on your face

did something badly

done something badly

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“It was just a phase in my life where everything I tried would go wrong.”

Verb

Past participle for to make a mistake

dropped a clanger

gotten it wrong

put your foot in it

dropped the ball

muffed something up

made a faux pas

made a false move

got things wrong

dropped a brick

gotten the wrong end of the stick

blotted your copybook

got the wrong end of the stick

made a nonsense of

made a Horlicks of

put your foot in your mouth

made a pig's ear of

maladministered

made a botch of

did something badly

done something badly

spoken out of turn

spoke out of turn

delivered badly

made a dog's dinner of

screwed the pooch

fallen on one's face

fell on one's face

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“With my calculations below, I have calculated the casino losing money, which is simply not possible. So where did I go wrong with my calculations?”

Verb

(of a device) Past participle for to malfunction or stop working effectively

stopped working

ceased to function

developed a fault

stopped functioning

bitten the dust

gone out of control

gone on the blink

given up the ghost

ground to a halt

gave up the ghost

went on the blink

went out of control

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“In twenty-odd years of using inkjet technology, the one lesson I have learned is that once your printer starts to go wrong, it will continue to go wrong.”

Verb

Past participle for to worsen or degenerate in condition or quality

gone to the dogs

gone from bad to worse

gone pear-shaped

gone down the primrose path

left the straight and narrow

fallen from grace

gone down the toilet

gone to rack and ruin

gone down the tubes

become dilapidated

gone to the pack

taken a turn for the worse

become debilitated

taken a nosedive

come apart at seams

fallen into decay

hit rock bottom

fallen into disrepair

gone down the tube

become moribund

gone into a tailspin

gone through the floor

come apart at the seams

had one foot in the grave

appeared in a poor light

made something worse

reached a new low

drawn to a close

turned the clock back

gone into a decline

gone down the khazi

gone down the drain

gone down the plughole

gone down the pan

fallen apart at the seams

gone into decline

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“They didn't want me to marry this guy, so when things started to go wrong, I tried to deal with it myself.”

Verb

Past participle for to morally go astray

fallen from grace

got into bad ways

gone to the dogs

fallen into a life of crime

strayed from the straight and narrow

committed a crime

committed a sin

misconducted oneself

got up to no good

acted improperly

forgotten oneself

got up to mischief

given someone trouble

gone down the primrose path

blotted your copybook

stirred the pot

taken a wrong turn

shown bad manners

gotten into mischief

shown poor manners

wallowed in the mire

committed an offence

offended against God

broken commandment

behaved inappropriately

taken the primrose path

succumbed to temptation

committed crime

fell from grace

gave someone trouble

crossed the line

yielded to temptation

committed a transgression

committed an offense

committed a felony

violated the law

gone off the rails

went off the rails

went down the primrose path

took the primrose path

sowed wild oats

broke commandment

broken the rules

broke the rules

went to the dogs

fell into a life of crime

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“Many youngsters go wrong simply because they have nothing else to do.”

Verb

Past participle for to lose one's way or bearings

Verb

(of a business) Past participle for to go bankrupt

Verb

Past participle for to make an error in judgment or assessment

gotten signals crossed

dropped the ball

gotten it wrong

estimated wrongly

missed by a mile

calculated wrongly

made a mistake about

got signals crossed

put a wrong interpretation on

miscomprehended

judged incorrectly

taken something amiss

took something amiss

received a false impression

got the wrong idea about

gotten the wrong idea about

got the wrong idea

gotten the wrong idea

gotten the wrong end of the stick

got the wrong end of the stick

missed the point

got your lines crossed about

got hold of the wrong end of the stick

gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick

had wrong impression

got the wrong impression

gotten the wrong impression

come to hasty conclusion

jumped to the wrong conclusion about

got the wrong end of the stick about

gotten the wrong impression about

got a false impression of

failed to understand

made a wrong interpretation of

got the wrong impression about

barked up wrong tree

came to hasty conclusion

gotten wrong impression

gotten signals mixed

got signals mixed

got wrong impression

took something the wrong way

taken something the wrong way

took out of context

taken out of context

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Adjective

Not fully functioning or in proper working condition

not functioning

non-functioning

out of commission

not in working order

on its last legs

in poor condition

in need of repair

in a state of disrepair

given up the ghost

stopped working

non-operational

not in operation

unavailable for use

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