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Meaning of go astray

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

go astray

verb

Definitions

  1. To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.

    Example: If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.

    Synonyms:break badgo bad
  2. To behave in an adulterous manner.

    Example: The woman thought her husband had gone astray.

  3. To come to believe an untruth.

  4. (of an object) To become lost or mislaid.