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getting
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noun
(= acquiring)
the act of acquiring something
I envied his talent for acquiring
he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
astray
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adverb
away from the right path or direction
he was led astray
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adverb
(= wide)
far from the intended target
the arrow went wide of the mark
a bullet went astray and killed a bystander