I followed the recipe, but something went wrong.
go wrong
idiomTo worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
Everything seemed fine until the computer crashed, and then everything went wrong at once.
Despite their meticulous planning, the project went wrong when the primary investor withdrew support at the eleventh hour.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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bark up the wrong tree
To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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do somebody wrong
To treat someone badly or unfairly.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.