astray

/əˈstreɪ/ adverb

Translation

go astray › to get lost or go in the wrong direction

kaybolmak, yoldan çıkmak, yanlış yola sapmak, yolunu kaybetmek

One of my bags went astray at the airport.1989

lead sb astray › to encourage someone to do bad things that they should not do

yoldan çıkarmak, kötü yola düşmesine sebep olmak, baştan çıkarmak, ayartmak, azdırmak

He was led astray by his friends.967

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

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