English Explanatory Dictionary

go left

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, left.

Word forms

go left goes left going left went left gone left

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of go wrong using an antonym of a different sense of the adjective right.

Synonyms

go downhill go sideways go south atrophy break down crack decline deteriorate degenerate devolve confound fade fall off go bad go left go off go pear-shaped go to hell go to pot go to seed go to the dogs go wrong lapse molder pejorate retrograde suffer spend sweal shrivel tabefy wither wither away wane wanse worsen
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