- went astray
- went the wrong way, became dishonest
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
went astray
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astray — /euh stray /, adv., adj. 1. out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route: Despite specific instructions, they went astray and got lost. 2. away from that which is right; into error, confusion, or undesirable action or… … Universalium
astray — adverb 1) the shots went astray Syn: off target, wide of the mark, awry, off course; amiss 2) the older boys led him astray Syn: into wrongdoing, into error, into sin, into iniquity, away from the straight and narrow … Thesaurus of popular words
Went — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
go astray — {v. phr.} To become lost. * /The letter has obviously gone astray; otherwise it would have been delivered a long time ago./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go astray — {v. phr.} To become lost. * /The letter has obviously gone astray; otherwise it would have been delivered a long time ago./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go astray — 1. to fail to arrive where it should. I don t understand how my e mail went astray. 2. to stop doing something in the way that you should. Sometimes even the most well thought out plans go astray. Related vocabulary: lead someone astray … New idioms dictionary
To lead astray — Lead Lead (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS. l[=ae]dan (akin to OS. l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw. leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[eth]an to go;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lost his way — went astray, got lost, took a wrong turn … English contemporary dictionary
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