按计划进行
to happen in the way you intend
Events of this type rarely go according to plan. 这类事件很少按计划进行。
If everything goes according to plan, we'll be in Boston by seven.
He tried to escape, but things didn't quite go according to plan.
He insisted that the war was going according to plan.
The building work went according to plan and was completed at the end of last year.
See also: plan noun (DECISION)