go amiss

English

Verb

go amiss (third-person singular simple present goes amiss, present participle going amiss, simple past went amiss, past participle gone amiss)

1. 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.

2. 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

• “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.

Anagrams

• gossima