[əˈstreɪ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- away from the correct path or direction
(e.g: we went astray but a man redirected us)

- into error or morally questionable behaviour
(e.g: he was led astray by boozy colleagues)


Phrases:
- go astray

Origin:
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’