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go awry

go awry verb: to become twisted, or turned to one side.

Verb

go awry (third-person singular simple present goes awry, present participle going awry, simple past went awry, past participle gone awry)

  1. (intransitive) To become twisted, or turned to one side.
  2. (intransitive) To depart from the correct course.
  3. (intransitive) Of a situation, to fall apart or unravel; to fall into disorder; to hit the fan.

go awry meaning in Marathi

go awry in Marathi

to go awry
फिसकटणे phiskaṭṇe

Forms of go awry

third-person singular presentgoes awry
present participlegoing awry
pastwent awry
past participlegone awry

Words formed from go awry

Questions about go awry

What does go awry mean?
Go awry means to become twisted, or turned to one side.
What is go awry in Marathi?
Go awry in Marathi is फिसकटणे (phiskaṭṇe). See Go awry meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is go awry?
Go awry is a verb.
What is the past tense of go awry?
The past tense of go awry is went awry.

Words near go awry in the dictionary

  1. go astray
  2. go at
  3. go at a good clip
  4. go at it
  5. go away
  6. go awry
  7. go back
  8. go back a long way
  9. go back in time
  10. go back on
  11. go back on one's word

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Adapted from Wiktionary: go awry (page history and authors); फिसकटणे (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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