stray from the subject

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• stray — 1 verb (I) 1 to leave the place where you should be without intending to: a warship that had strayed into enemy waters 2 to begin to deal with a different subject than the main one, without intending to: stray into/onto sth: We re straying into… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stray — v. (D; intr.) 1) to stray from (to stray from the subject) 2) (d; intr.) to stray into, onto (to stray onto smb. s property) * * * [streɪ] onto (to stray onto smb. s property) (d; intr.) to stray into (D;intr.) to stray from (to stray from the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• stray — stray1 [streı] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: estraier, from [i]Vulgar Latin extragare, from Latin extra outside + vagari to wander ] 1.) to move away from the place you should be stray into/onto/from ▪ Three of the soldiers strayed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stray — stray1 [ streı ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to move away from the correct place or path: Hikers are reminded not to stray from the path. The airplane strayed into Chinese airspace. a ) to move away from a particular subject, usually without meaning …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stray — I UK [streɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms stray : present tense I/you/we/they stray he/she/it strays present participle straying past tense strayed past participle strayed * 1) to move around without thinking She let her hands stray over… …   English dictionary

• stray — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ far ▪ The animals hadn t strayed too far. ▪ never, rarely ▪ He never strayed far from his home. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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