Wednesday, 7 October 2015

A word to describe a person who has gone astray

A person can "go off the rails", which means they may have started to behave out of line, in an unacceptable way, or they are not conforming or performing to the standards expected of them (by society).



Example: If a child starts skipping school and falls in with a bad crowd, you might say they have gone off the rails.

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