astray
uh stray
- r away from the right path or direction
he was led astray - r far from the intended target
a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
- Although the industry is rife with rumors that workers are locked in factories if diamonds go astray, Shah denies that his own employees are ill treated.
- Hollywood partygoers gone astray? Marauding hippies from Haight-Ashbury? No, these intruders in the hills and canyons around tinsel town are, of all things, a new breed of .
- Doctors, like most of us, are often led astray by stereotypes that are based on someone's appearance, emotional state or circumstances.