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What does astray mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word astray? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.
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Their assessment is that bomb that went astray hit the side of a mountain about 3,000 yards from its intended target.
During this period both teams tried hard to open up the play but far too often hand passes went astray and possession was lost.
Stay away from him, you are leading him astray, you are corrupting his simple mind.
What parent can guard against their child bumping into an unsavoury character who can lead them astray?
At times, Darwin worried that his writing sounded too literary and feared that his metaphors would lead readers astray.
They went astray from the predestined path thus destructing the overall wholeness of the planet.

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