stray in

1. To wander in(to some place), especially when one is not supposed to be there. Make sure not to leave the back doors open, or feral cats will stray in during the night. Some child strayed in the laboratory and began fiddling with the sensitive machinery inside.

2. To wander aimlessly around some place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stray" and "in." Don't let the children stray in the forest, or they will surely get lost. We were just idly straying in the field, admiring the silence of the falling snow.

stray in(to something)

to wander into something. The deer strayed into the town and ruined almost everyone's garden. We left the gate open, and the cows strayed in and drank from the pond.

See also: stray

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

be like ships in the night
not for a second
not for a minute
not for a moment
aint
ain't
not exactly
not for a instant
not for a/one minute/moment/second/instant
not by any means

References in periodicals archive

While the amended dog laws seek to tackle the issue by attempting to decrease the factors that lead to dogs becoming stray in the first place, the catch-and-kill policy for dogs which do end up stray result in punishing the animals for their owners' mistakes, disregarding that strays are strays by circumstance and not by choice.

Stray dogs 'plaguing' the green line

People who do not want to keep a stray in their own home can take it to the council's reception point at North Clwyd Animal Rescue in Trelogan near Holywell.

Council will not collect stray dogs out of hours; Find an animal and you could have to look after it for night or weekend

词组	stray in
释义	stray in stray in 1. To wander in(to some place), especially when one is not supposed to be there. Make sure not to leave the back doors open, or feral cats will stray in during the night. Some child strayed in the laboratory and began fiddling with the sensitive machinery inside. 2. To wander aimlessly around some place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stray" and "in." Don't let the children stray in the forest, or they will surely get lost. We were just idly straying in the field, admiring the silence of the falling snow. See also: stray Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. stray in(to something) to wander into something. The deer strayed into the town and ruined almost everyone's garden. We left the gate open, and the cows strayed in and drank from the pond. See also: stray McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: be like ships in the night not for a second not for a minute not for a moment aint ain't not exactly not for a instant not for a/one minute/moment/second/instant not by any means References in periodicals archive While the amended dog laws seek to tackle the issue by attempting to decrease the factors that lead to dogs becoming stray in the first place, the catch-and-kill policy for dogs which do end up stray result in punishing the animals for their owners' mistakes, disregarding that strays are strays by circumstance and not by choice. Stray dogs 'plaguing' the green line People who do not want to keep a stray in their own home can take it to the council's reception point at North Clwyd Animal Rescue in Trelogan near Holywell. Council will not collect stray dogs out of hours; Find an animal and you could have to look after it for night or weekend
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