astray

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Away from the correct path, place, or direction.

   The letter went astray in the post and never arrived.

2. 2
   adv

   Away from what is right or good, into error or wrongdoing.

   He blamed his new friends for leading him astray.

Common collocations

• led astray Verb + adverb

From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).

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