- go astray
- 1) to become lost or go to the wrong place
The money seems to have gone astray.
2) to go wrong or do something wrongmarried men and women who have gone astray
English dictionary. 2014.
go astray
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Astray — A*stray , adv. & a. [See {Estray}, {Stray}.] Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. [1913 Webster] Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
astray — (adv.) c.1300, astraied away from home; lost, borrowed and partially nativized from O.Fr. estraie, pp. of estraier astray, riderless (of a horse), lost, lit. on stray (see STRAY (Cf. stray) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
astray — I adjective aberrant, adrift, afield, amiss, awry, circuitous, deviating, errant, erratic, indirect, lost, misguided, misled, off center, out of one s bearings, out of one s reckoning, random, round about, straying, undirected, unguided II index… … Law dictionary
astray — *amiss … New Dictionary of Synonyms
astray — [adj] off the path or right direction adrift, afield, amiss, awry, gone, lost, off, off course, off the mark, roaming, straying, vanished, wandering, wrong; concepts 545,581 Ant. on course, right, straight … New thesaurus
astray — ► ADVERB ▪ away from the correct path or direction. ORIGIN from Old French estraie, from Latin extra out of bounds + vagari wander … English terms dictionary
astray — [ə strā′] adv., adj. [ME < pp. of OFr estraier, STRAY] 1. off the right path or way; wandering 2. in error … English World dictionary
astray — a|stray [əˈstreı] adv [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: estraié wandering , from estraier; STRAY1] 1.) go astray a) to be lost or stolen ▪ The letter had gone astray in the post. b) if a plan or action goes astray, it goes wrong ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
astray — [[t]əstre͟ɪ[/t]] 1) PHRASE: V inflects If you are led astray by someone or something, you behave badly or foolishly because of them. The judge thought he d been led astray by older children. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If someone or something leads you … English dictionary
astray — adverb 1 go astray a) to become lost: One of the documents has gone astray. b) humorous to start behaving in an immoral way 2 lead sb astray a) often humorous to encourage someone to do bad or immoral things that they would not normally do: His… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
