GO ASTRAY


Meaning of GO ASTRAY in English

1.

to become lost; to be stolen :

Several letters went astray or were not delivered.

We locked up our valuables so they would not go astray.

2.

to 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) .

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