go astray

verb

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To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
“If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.”
To behave in an adulterous manner.
“The woman thought her husband had gone astray.”
“I am a prisoner and all my so-called friends have gone astray on me. Could you please print this ad for me so I may hopefully reach society: I'm a lonely inmate who wishes to write someone and have a sincere relation.”
To come to believe an untruth.
To become lost or mislaid.
To be undesirable or unhelpful.
“A pinch of salt in this dish wouldn't go astray.”
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
“I went astray and ended up lost.”