go amiss
(Redirected from not go amiss)
English edit
Verb edit
go amiss (third-person singular simple present goes amiss, present participle going amiss, simple past went amiss, past participle gone amiss)
- To be unhelpful or inappropriate: usually used in the negative, as "not go amiss", to express that something would be welcome or useful.
- A nice cup of tea wouldn't go amiss.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, amiss.
- We must find out what went amiss in order to avoid such mishaps in the future.
References edit
- “not go amiss”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “amiss” (US) / “amiss” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “something would not go amiss”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.