Should Anything Go Awry?

When something goes wrong with a decent plan, you say it has gone awry. Losing your backpack is a mistake, but when you realize it contained your ticket and your passport, your vacation plans really go awry.

What does it mean to go awry?

1 : off the correct or expected course : amiss Their plans went awry. 2 : in a turned or twisted position or direction : askew His wig was put on all awry, with the tail straggling about his neck.— Charles Dickens.

How do you spell when things go awry?

with a turn or twist to one side; askew: to glance or look awry. away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong: Our plans went awry.