astray

/əˈstɹeɪ/

adv 2

Collocations

ADJ.

leading, straight

VERB + ASTRAY

can't, go, gone, lead, leads, led, scatter, went

ASTRAY + NOUN

god, woods

PREP.

from, in, than

ADV.

further, somewhere

adv

Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.

Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.

Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.

adverb — far from the intended target

Alternative form of the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.

Wiktionary

We went astray in the woods.

Tatoeba · #22886

I have gone astray somewhere in my calculations.

Tatoeba · #33500

My letter must have gone astray in the mail.

Tatoeba · #251120

The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.

Tatoeba · #276526

She went astray in the woods.

Tatoeba · #315166

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