go astray

1. (intransitive)To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.

   If you keep hanging out with that gang you'll go astray.

   auf die schiefe Bahn geraten

   сбива́ться с пути́sbivátʹsja s putí, сби́ться с пути́sbítʹsja s putí

2. (intransitive)To behave in an adulterous manner.

   The woman thought her husband had gone astray.

   fremdgehen

3. (intransitive)To come to believe an untruth.

   заблужда́тьсяzabluždátʹsja

4. (intransitive)To become lost or mislaid.

   verloren gehen, verlustig gehen

   потеря́тьсяpoterjátʹsja, теря́тьсяterjátʹsja

5. (intransitive)To be undesirable or unhelpful.

   A pinch of salt in this dish wouldn't go astray.

   fehl am Platze sein, verkehrt sein, schlecht sein

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.

   I went astray and ended up lost.

1. We went astray in the woods.

   Ми заблукали в лісі.

   ruМы заблудились в лесу.

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2. Better to ask the way than go astray.

   Язик до Києва доведе.

   deEs ist besser, nach dem Weg zu fragen, als den falschen einzuschlagen.

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3. She went astray in the woods.

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4. The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.

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5. We know nothing of childhood; and with our mistaken notions, the further we advance, the further we go astray.

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