astray

/əˈstreɪ/ adverb

Definition

go astray › to get lost or go in the wrong direction: One of my bags went astray at the airport.

lead sb astray › to encourage someone to do bad things that they should not do: He was led astray by his friends.

(Definition of astray adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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