astray
adverb /əˈstreɪ/Definition
› away from the correct path or correct way of doing something: The letter must have gone astray in the post. I was led astray by an out-of-date map. Her parents worried that she might be led astray (= encouraged to behave badly) by her unsuitable friends.Losing and lossWinning and losingBad and wrong behaviourDisobedientObeying and breaking the lawObedient and compliant
(Definition of astray adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- black hole noun
- desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND)
- disappear verb
- escape noun (GET FREE)
- forfeit noun
- get to phrasal verb
- go walkabout idiom
- haemorrhage noun
- haemorrhage verb
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- lose your way idiom
- loss noun
- lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
- mislay verb
- misplace verb
- miss verb (NOTICE)
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray verb
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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