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astray

a·stray [ ə stráy ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
1. off right path: away from the right path
went astray and ended up lost

2. into error or sin: in or into an evil or undesirable course of life
led astray by questionable companions

[13th century. < Old French estraie, past participle of estraier "to stray"]

go astray to be mislaid or missing

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