A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase go wrong—
1
. be mistaken in one’s choice or judgment:
The currency is the New Zealand dollar so you can’t go wrong
go bust
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if you are after a low cost exotic vacation. 2. take to immorality:
What’s the best way to help young girls who go wrong? 3. turn
out badly or unfavorably: What if something goes wrong? What
if I missed an exam or something affected my performance?
go down to the wire • go under the wire
go down to the wire —(also: come down to the wire) continue
to the very last moment or the very end: The game will go
down to the wire but in the end the Uconn Huskies should
pull away as national champions.
go under the wire —(also: come under the wire) 
1
. be at the
finishing-line of a racecourse: Like an irresistible, perfect piece
of mechanism she sailed on; and went under the wire a clear
winner…. 2. come at the last possible moment: It was not
front page news and I guess went under the wire many places.
The timing of this announcement was indeed bad. 3. get free
from detention camp (surrounded by barbed wire) by flight:
He hasn’t assimilated. He doesn’t want to be here. And he
might go under the wire first chance he gets.
go dry • run dry
go dry —(U.S. hist.) enact legislation for the prohibition of
alcohol: The decision of the United States to go dry was a
great social experiment.
run dry —
1
. (of a river, well, etc.) be dried up; not yield
water, etc.: What shall we do if the well runs dry? 2. (of a cow)
be no longer able to provide milk: Most cows run dry in about
ten months. 3. become exhausted: In 
1
797 the bullion in the
Bank of England had almost run dry.