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Meanings of go awry in English

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Usage of go awry in English
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It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
2
Lots of programs make sense in theory but go awry in practice.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
3
I have personal experience of what can go awry with predicted grades.
The Guardian
4
The more lavish your plans, the more likely they will go awry.
The South African
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Things started to go awry with the appearance of the evening's hosts.
Reuters
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After the disappearances, things begin to go awry in modern-day Winden, too.
The Guardian
7
One part of this great plot, at any rate, shall go awry.
The Great Secret
8
She enlists them for help with her independence day, but things go awry.
Reuters
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But once in the house, things had begun to go awry.
The Hellbound Heart
10
Discharge planning can go awry as hospitals become desperate to free up beds.
BBC
11
Their plans go awry when Vossie is almost caught by security.
The South African
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Wrinkles also symbolize kinks, glitches, ways that our plans go awry.
Feminist dot com
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However, even the careful plans of first-class lynxes go awry sometimes.
Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
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It's only when things go awry that everyone else looks on.
The Irish Times
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He was the one who had then permitted the magic to go awry.
Wizard at Large
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I couldn't shake a lingering feeling that something would go awry.
Ebony
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South Africa
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare
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