To make a mistake or be incorrect.

synonyms: mistake, slip.

Roget 495: be erroneous etc. adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform etc. (misteach) 538^†; delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive etc. 545; lie etc. 544.    err; be in error etc. adj., be mistaken etc. v.; be deceived etc. (duped) 547; mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error etc. n.; be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate etc. (misjudge) 481.    play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) 523.    trip, stumble; lose oneself etc. (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail etc. 732; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear etc. (mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance etc. (credulity) 486; dream etc. (imagine) 515.    ... show more

Roget 945: be vicious etc. adj.; sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself^†, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo^†, misbehave; fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass; deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue etc. 944; take a wrong course, go astray; hug a sin, hug a fault; sow one's wild oats.    render vicious etc. adj.; demoralize, brutalize; corrupt etc. (degrade) 659.    ... show more

Dutch: in de fout gaan, vergissing, een fout maken, fout, maken, dwalen, zich vergissen, vergissen

Wander from a direct course or at random.

synonyms: drift, stray.

Dutch: verdolen, verdwalen