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Search phrase: astray

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A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.358And lead these testy rivals so astrayAnd lead these testie Riuals so astray,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.103Nay, in that you are astray; 'twere best poundNay, in that you are astray: 'twere best pound

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Glossary

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errgo astray from duty, turn away
leadlead astray, seduce, tempt
miscarry[of letters] go astray, fall into the wrong hands
overshoot[miss a target by shooting too high] go astray in aim, wide of the mark
pervertlead astray, seduce, corrupt
straylead astray, distract, cause to wander
swervego astray, err, be wrong
warpgo wrong, go astray
wideastray, into a lax state
widedistant, removed, moving astray [from]

Thesaurus

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aim, go astray inovershoot
astraywide
astray from duty, goerr
astray in aim, goovershoot
astray, gomiscarry
astray, goswerve
astray, gowarp
astray, leadlead
astray, leadpervert
astray, leadstray
astray, movingwide
duty, go astray fromerr
lead astraylead
lead astraypervert
lead astraystray
moving astraywide

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ASTRAYBASICsee STRAY
STRAYBASICastray adv

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