go left en · VERB
Etymology
Possibly an alteration of go wrong using an antonym of a different sense of the adjective right.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang) To take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.
Two documentaries have been dedicated to exploring why the Fyre Festival went left, available on Hulu and Netflix — “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened” and “Fyre Fraud.”
2019 June 6, Ny Magee, “Ja Rule says despite colossal failure, he’d do a Fyre Festival”, in TheGrio:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, left.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| goes left | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| going left | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gone left | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went left | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
go to the dogs · go south · tabefy · go downhill · atrophy · go downhill · pejorate · go to seed · suffer · sweal · wane · spend · go sideways · fade · go to pot · go sideways · crack · go south · wither · shrivel · fall off · wither away · break down · go to hell · lapse · worsen · go wrong · go left · go bad · molder · go off · devolve · retrograde · wanse · deteriorate · confound · degenerate · decline · go pear-shaped