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Meaning of astray in English
Pronunciation
/əˈstreɪ/
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Adverb
astray
Etymology
Middle English (in the sense ‘distant from the correct path’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French estraie, past participle of estraier, based on Latin extra‘out of bounds’ + vagari‘wander’
Definitions
1.
away from the right path or direction
Examples
« he was led astray »
2.
far from the intended target
Examples
« the arrow went wide of the mark »
« a bullet went astray and killed a bystander »