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go astray
verb as in err
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verb as in fail
verb as in fail
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- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in misbehave
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verb as in miscarry
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Weak matches
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
verb as in ramble
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verb as in sin
verb as in stray
verb as in wander
Example Sentences
To “gang aft agley” means to “often go astray.”
There’s no space to go astray; their energy is concentrated.
Some good news about China's relations with the other world superpower would not go astray.
It’s just that I go astray here and there.”
However, it’s only too soon that things go astray from the kind of filmmaking that made “Black Dynamite” such a contemporary cult classic.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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