Idioms
- 1to become lost; to be stolen Several letters went astray or were not delivered. We locked up our valuables so they would not go astray.
- 2to go in the wrong direction or to have the wrong result Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray. Jack's parents thought the other boys might lead him astray (= make him do things that are wrong). The argument is so complex, a reader might easily go astray.
Check pronunciation: astray