道みちを踏ふみ外はずす

expression, godan verb (-su)

go astray; stray from the right path; become corrupt

Idiomatic expression meaning to deviate from the morally or socially correct path, often implying a fall into wrongdoing or corruption.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころに道みちを踏ふみ外はずして、犯はん罪ざいに手てを染そめた。

  He strayed from the right path in his youth and got involved in crime.

• 一いち度ど道みちを踏ふみ外はずすと、元もとに戻もどるのは難むずかしい。

  Once you go astray, it's hard to get back on track.