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Shin Bet(dictionary)

astray (oh) and Bone, shin (health)


astray (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: estraie 'wandering', from estraier; STRAY1]
go astray
a) to be lost or stolen
::The letter had gone astray in the post.
b) if a plan or action goes astray, it goes wrong
::The best-laid plans can go astray.
lead sb astray
a) to encourage someone to do bad or illegal things that they would not normally do
::The older boys led him astray.
b) to make someone believe something that is not true
::It's easy to be led astray by the reports in the papers.

Bone, shin (health)


The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shin bone is anatomically known as the tibia.