go astray en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.
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(intransitive) To behave in an adulterous manner.
The woman thought her husband had gone astray.
I am a prisoner and all my so-called friends have gone astray on me. Could you please print this ad for me so I may hopefully reach society: I'm a lonely inmate who wishes to write someone and have a sincere relation.
1980 August 9, James W. Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
- (intransitive) To come to believe an untruth.
- (intransitive, of an object) To become lost or mislaid.
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(in the negative, intransitive) To be undesirable or unhelpful.
A pinch of salt in this dish wouldn't go astray.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
I went astray and ended up lost.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone astray | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes astray | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| going astray | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went astray | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (42)
ru сби́ться с пути́ (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · de fehl am Platze sein (to be undesirable or unhelpful) · sa वञ्चति (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · az düz yoldan çıxmaq (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · th หลง (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · da komme langt ud (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · az yanılmaq (come to believe an untruth) · de schlecht sein (to be undesirable or unhelpful) · th ออกนอกลู่นอกทาง (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ks وَتہِ ڈَلُن (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · az itmək (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · de auf die schiefe Bahn geraten (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ru сбива́ться с пути́ (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ar ضَلَّ (come to believe an untruth) · az yoldan çıxmaq (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · az yolunu azmaq (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · da gå ned af bakke (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · tr azmak (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ota ییتمك (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · ru теря́ться (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · otk 𐰀𐰕 (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ota آزمق (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · th หาย (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · fi hairahtua (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · cmn 誤入歧途 /误入歧途 (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ar ضَلَّ (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · fi mennä harhaan (come to believe an untruth) · fi eksyä (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · fi poiketa (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · th มีชู้ (to behave in an adulterous manner) · de fremdgehen (to behave in an adulterous manner) · de verkehrt sein (to be undesirable or unhelpful) · de verlustig gehen (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · de verloren gehen (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · th หลงทาง (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · ru заблужда́ться (come to believe an untruth) · az sapmaq (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · az azmaq (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · sv bli borttappat (of objects: to become lost or mislaid) · ota ییتمك (develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally) · th นอกใจ (to behave in an adulterous manner) · ru потеря́ться (of objects: to become lost or mislaid)