astray
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4.6
- adverb
- /əˈstreɪ/
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perderse
- The tourist went astray when he took a wrong turn in the unfamiliar city.
- go astray
- led astray
And he says other people go astray in other fashions.
- And he says other people go astray in other fashions.
- You know, you're bound to to go astray in doing that.
- Our councils are all astray in that they have no mark to aim at.
- So this is this is where people went astray again.
- But oftentimes people don't realize where they're going astray.
- It's it's your duty to lead the herd back once it's gone astray.
- But often times people don't realize where they're going astray.
- I would say I probably, as they would say in the, in the Baptist Church, I went astray.
- All the press have set up, which shouldn't be a problem unless the horse slightly veers off the track or an arrow goes astray.
- And then following up with these people, like, what do you find to be the common blind spots or or stumbling blocks or places where people can go astray?
- And when that happens, we get LED astray very, very quickly.
- And then I'll come back to the the beliefs that lead us astray on the power front.
Examples
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You know, you're bound to to go astray in doing that.
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If you don't pay attention to the signs, you might wander astray from the trail.
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Things started to go astray and I'll talk a little bit about why.
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My book is about the values of a society gone astray... a culture badly in need of help.
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- If you do fall in with them, they will certainly lead you astray.
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O my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
Blog text (23) -
It'll seek to enter your mind and lead you astray.
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There are occasions when "good" people go astray by violating boundaries.
Academic text (2005) -
Once led astray by such fantasies, Maria is now moved by Jemima's history to take decisive, instructive action.
Academic text (2010) -
She felt astray from her original goals after taking on too many distractions.
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Etymology
Astray is formed from the prefix a- plus the word stray, and stray means 'to wander' or 'go off the path', so astray describes someone or something that is 'off the correct path' or lost.