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What (who) is awry - definition


awry         
ALBUM BY BIOTA
If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned.
She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry.
ADJ: v-link ADJ
awry         
ALBUM BY BIOTA
I. ad.
1.
Obliquely, asquint. See askance.
2.
Perversely, wrong. See athwart, 2.
II. a.
Oblique, slanting, distorted, crooked, wry. See Askant and athwart.
awry         
ALBUM BY BIOTA
adj., adv. to go awry (our plans have gone awry)

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Awry
| recorded = Autumn –
Examples of use of awry
1. From the sidewalk, nothing looks awry at 184' C St.
2. Yet sometimes the best–laid experiments can go awry.
3. The plan went awry when Yaslam returned sooner than expected.
4. But the meeting, closed to reporters, quickly went awry.
5. Police said the murder was a fake kidnapping gone awry.