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go amiss

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss. Chrissie Hynde

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss. Steven Gerrard

You say, 'Where goest Thou' I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss before me lies Dawn and the day the night behind me that Suffices me I break the bounds I see, And nothing more believe and nothing less. My future is not one of my concerns. Victor Hugo

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