going 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.
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.