ASTRAY


Meaning of ASTRAY in English

/ əˈstreɪ; NAmE / adverb

IDIOMS

- go astray

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WORD 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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.