as in wrong
off the desired or intended path or course
I think we were led astray by the unfortunate similarity of the two names
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wrong
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Lee, whose debut season with the Giants lasted just 37 games because of a shoulder injury, missed about a week because of back tightness from what the team said was from sleeping wrong.—
Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025 -
At the time, Melvin said that Lee slept on it wrong and considered the injury to be minor.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Astray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astray. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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