See go astray in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "auf die schiefe Bahn geraten"
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"word": "𐰀𐰕"
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"text": "I am a prisoner and all my so-called friends have gone astray on me. Could you please print this ad for me so I may hopefully reach society: I'm a lonely inmate who wishes to write someone and have a sincere relation.",
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"(intransitive) To come to believe an untruth."
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"code": "ar",
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"word": "ضَلَّ"
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"word": "yanılmaq"
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"roman": "zabluždátʹsja",
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"(intransitive, of an object) To become lost or mislaid."
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"word": "itmək"
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"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"word": "verloren gehen"
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"_dis1": "3 2 6 87 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"word": "verlustig gehen"
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"(intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To be undesirable or unhelpful."
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"_dis1": "2 0 10 0 84 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be undesirable or unhelpful",
"word": "fehl am Platze sein"
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{
"_dis1": "2 0 10 0 84 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be undesirable or unhelpful",
"word": "verkehrt sein"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 10 0 84 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be undesirable or unhelpful",
"word": "schlecht sein"
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"word": "the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray"
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"(intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally."
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"(intransitive) To behave in an adulterous manner."
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"(intransitive) To come to believe an untruth."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḍalla",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "ضَلَّ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "yoldan çıxmaq"
},
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "düz yoldan çıxmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "azmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "sapmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "yolunu azmaq"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wùrùqítú",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "誤入歧途 /误入歧途"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "komme langt ud"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "gå ned af bakke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "hairahtua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "poiketa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "eksyä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "auf die schiefe Bahn geraten"
},
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"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "āz-",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "𐰀𐰕"
},
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "azmaq",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "آزمق"
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"roman": "sbivátʹsja s putí",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "сбива́ться с пути́"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sbítʹsja s putí",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
],
"word": "сби́ться с пути́"
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "vañcati",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "वञ्चति"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "develop bad habits; behave improperly or illegally",
"word": "azmak"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to behave in an adulterous manner",
"word": "fremdgehen"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḍalla",
"sense": "come to believe an untruth",
"word": "ضَلَّ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "come to believe an untruth",
"word": "yanılmaq"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "come to believe an untruth",
"word": "mennä harhaan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zabluždátʹsja",
"sense": "come to believe an untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заблужда́ться"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"word": "itmək"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"word": "verloren gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"word": "verlustig gehen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterjátʹsja",
"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потеря́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terjátʹsja",
"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "теря́ться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of objects: to become lost or mislaid",
"word": "bli borttappat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be undesirable or unhelpful",
"word": "fehl am Platze sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be undesirable or unhelpful",
"word": "verkehrt sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be undesirable or unhelpful",
"word": "schlecht sein"
}
],
"word": "go astray"
}
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