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goes horribly right

goes horribly right is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go horribly right.

Meaning of go horribly right

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To produce a technically correct result, but with highly undesirable consequences.
    • I describe it as a stunt that went horribly right because it was designed to fail, in the sense that Chas was going to be the comic relief, to be deployed when we got stopped.2020 January 19, Julian Morrow (quoted), Jenny Valentish, Naaman Zhou, “How The Chaser invaded Apec: 'A small video tape was secreted behind his scrotum'”, in The Guardian

Questions about goes horribly right

What is goes horribly right the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes horribly right is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go horribly right.

Words near goes horribly right in the dictionary

  1. goes hard
  2. goes hard in the paint
  3. goes haywire
  4. goes Hollywood
  5. goes home
  6. goes horribly right
  7. goes hostile
  8. goes hungry
  9. goes in
  10. goes in at one ear and at out the other
  11. goes in circles

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