go astray

Verb

go astray (third-person singular simple present goes astray, present participle going astray, simple past went astray, past participle gone astray)

1. (intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
   • If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.

   Synonyms:

   break bad, go bad

2. (intransitive) 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.1980 August 9, James W. Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15
3. (intransitive) To come to believe an untruth.
4. (intransitive) To become lost or mislaid.
5. (intransitive) To be undesirable or unhelpful.
   • A pinch of salt in this dish wouldn't go astray.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
   • I went astray and ended up lost.