Fix
Fix verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Go wrong
Go wrong verb - Be unsuccessful.
Both terms in one sentence
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If that sounds like an unusually generous amount of time, that's because things go wrong and you have to fix the shuttle.
- In the same book, it's mentioned that the difference between something that might go wrong and something that "cannot possibly go wrong" is that when something that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it's usually impossible to fix.
Source: Failsafe Failure - When Jake tries to make a wish to fix things, Prismo even gives him a brief speech warning him about this trope, as Prismo can't control the outcome of the wishes and the vaguer they are the more likely it is the wish will go wrong.
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Go wrong and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/go_wrong
Fix & Go wrong. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/go_wrong>.
Go wrong or Fix. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/go_wrong.
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