gone+astray

  • 1astray — a|stray [əˈstreı] adv [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: estraié wandering , from estraier; STRAY1] 1.) go astray a) to be lost or stolen ▪ The letter had gone astray in the post. b) if a plan or action goes astray, it goes wrong ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2astray — [[t]əstre͟ɪ[/t]] 1) PHRASE: V inflects If you are led astray by someone or something, you behave badly or foolishly because of them. The judge thought he d been led astray by older children. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If someone or something leads you …

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  • 3astray — adverb 1 go astray a) to become lost: One of the documents has gone astray. b) humorous to start behaving in an immoral way 2 lead sb astray a) often humorous to encourage someone to do bad or immoral things that they would not normally do: His… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4astray — /əˈstreɪ / (say uh stray) adverb 1. out of the right way or away from the right; straying; wandering. –phrase 2. go astray, a. to fall into error: to go astray in one s calculation. b. to have a moral lapse. c. to be lost or mislaid: my watch has …

  • 5astray — [əˈstreɪ] adv go astray to become lost[/ex] The cheque I sent them seems to have gone astray.[/ex] lead sb astray to make someone behave badly[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 6astray — [adj] off the path or right direction adrift, afield, amiss, awry, gone, lost, off, off course, off the mark, roaming, straying, vanished, wandering, wrong; concepts 545,581 Ant. on course, right, straight …

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  • 7gone — [adj] not present, no longer in existence absent, astray, away, AWOL*, burned up*, consumed, dead, decamped, deceased, defunct, departed, disappeared, disintegrated, displaced, dissipated, dissolved, done, down the drain*, dried up, elapsed,… …

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  • 8Gone with the Wind — This article is about the novel. For the film, see Gone with the Wind (film). For other uses, see Gone with the Wind (disambiguation). Gone With the Wind …

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  • 9Gone — 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

  • 10go 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