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Astray

/əˈstreɪ/
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(adv) Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.

We went astray in the woods.
I have gone astray somewhere in my calculations.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The young sheep had gone ____ and was wandering far from the flock.

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