stray onto

stray onto (some place)

To wander onto something or some place, especially when one is not supposed to be there. I keep an electrified fence around my fields to keep wild animals from straying onto it at night. Be sure not to stray onto Old Man Cratchit's land—he's liable to shoot you if he catches you!
See also: stray
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

stray onto something

to wander onto an area, such as a parcel of land. Your cows strayed onto my land and ate my marigolds! If your horse strays onto my land one more time, it's my horse!
See also: stray
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • keep (something) by
  • keep by
  • keep (something) under wraps
  • keep it that way
  • keep away
  • keep away (from someone or something)
  • be asking for trouble
  • be looking for trouble
  • keep (one's) eyes on (someone or something)
  • downlow
References in periodicals archive
"The main priority has been to make sure the horses don't stray onto the busy carriageway and cause a danger to road users."
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Sources told the Nigerian Tribune that herdsmen were later arrested by the police for allowing the cows to stray onto the track.
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'Thirty-seven people have been killed in the past one year, while many more have been maimed by these animals that stray onto farms.
Lenku gives KWS two days to rid Kajiado farms of stray elephants
ABU DHABI: An Etihad Airways flight to Ahmedabad in India's Gujarat was diverted when a cow threatened to stray onto the runway at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Indian reports said.
Cow forces Etihad flight diversion
Games like these are, indeed, hazardous, not just for players who stray onto public property or roads, but also for their own intellect.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Saudi lawyers are calling for owners of camels that stray onto roads in the Kingdom, causing a major nuisance for road users, to be penalised.
Camel owners should be prosecuted for road deaths
It is mandatory for owners to hire an overseer to monitor their cattle and make sure that animals don't stray onto roads and highways.
Over 24,000 civic violations recorded in Sharjah in 2014
But one thing to bear in mind is that this 'farm' now isn't really in the country - it is surrounded by housing estates so there is a great chance that dogs might stray onto the 'farmland'."
TWEETS & POSTS
Apart from pot holes, road works, speed bumps and the occasional rogue cyclist, drivers also have to look out for the growing menace of the walking texters - people who stray onto the road while texting away oblivious of all traffic.
Dangers on the road; Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk You Say
Anyone who thinks it's a good idea to stray onto the tracks should think again.'
-Network Rail Forms Alliance with South West Trains To Teach Children Rail Safety
Keep animals off treated areas as recommended in the products' instructions and if your pet should stray onto a treated area, wash his paws immediately with lots of fresh water.
Spring can be danger time in garden for pets; Vet's corner
But the sheer blackness of a Gower night and the fact animals regularly stray onto the roads means a sad outcome is occasionally unavoidable.
WAYOUTWEST
Motorists who stray onto the lanes will be fined Rs 2,000 and their vehicles will be impounded.
Rains force police to call off trials on lanes reserved for Games
But then they escalate into full-blown rows which more than often stray onto the subject of Pete," the Mirror quoted a source as saying.
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