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  1. go awryverb

    to become twisted, or turned to one side

  2. go awryverb

    to depart from the correct course

  3. go awryverb

    Of a situation, to fall apart or unravel; to fall into disorder.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of go awry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of go awry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of go awry in a Sentence

  1. Jim Dickey:

    The guy right behind me switched seats to the aisle in case things went awry.

  2. Norm Pattis:

    We’re grateful to six courageous jurors who were able to understand that campus life isn’t the real world, kids experiment with identity and sexuality. When an experiment goes awry, it’s not a crime.

  3. Stephen Gallagher:

    It is more a political strategy and a game of chicken that could go awry but hopefully not.

  4. Former US Attorney Timothy Heaphy:

    In sum, this was a poorly conceived plan that was not flexible enough to not accommodate changing conditions, good intentions, gone awry. Failure to communicate, failure to protect, all a product of the failure to prepare.

  5. Thomas Gremillion:

    Foreign matter contamination, it's a reflection on something going awry in the inspection process and the quality control process of a company.


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