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Meanings of go astray in English

To go in a different direction than what is expected.

Usage of go astray in English
1
Let her go astray because there's too much wrong to cope with?
Solomon's oak: a novel
2
Yes, she had the potential to go astray on an epic scale.
Proven guilty
3
At the old fort; follow the crowd, and you'll not go astray.
My Lady of Doubt
4
His was not the heart contented to go astray after a tear.
The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
5
S: And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
6
But they who go astray from it shall be fuel for Hell.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
7
The heathen go astray, speaking lies as soon as they are born.
Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers ...
8
Let us be kind to the dear boys, though they go astray.
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
9
All these are facts, and to neglect them is to go astray.
The Life of Froude
10
Time was too precious, and he was resolved not to go astray.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
11
Suddenly, it feels like a Churchill quote or two wouldn't go astray.
News.com.au
12
If ever we go astray, it is not His fault, but ours.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
13
When religion teaches men to go astray, they go far astray indeed!
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
14
It was possible that a navigational error had caused him to go astray.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
15
Body repatriations are pricey these days, and they always seem to go astray.
The woman who died a lot
16
They buy error and desire that you should go astray from the way.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
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Go astray through the time
Go astray across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common