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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, gowarp
astray, goswerve
astray, gomiscarry
astray, leadpervert
astray, leadstray
astray, leadlead
astray, movingwide
duty, go astray fromerr
lead astraypervert
lead astraystray
lead astraylead
moving astraywide

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ASTRAYBASICsee STRAY

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