Astray | Mean of astray in English Dictionary

/əˈstreɪ/

• off the right path or route
1. They marked the trail so hikers wouldn't go astray. [=become lost]
2. The rocket went astray after liftoff.
3. The letter went astray. [=was lost]
• away from what is right, good, or desirable
1. Older students led him astray. [=made him behave badly]
2. The writer goes (badly) astray [=stops being correct or reasonable] when she blames the current government for these problems.
3. The President was led astray [=convinced to make a bad decision] by his advisers.
4. Their plans have gone astray. [=have failed]