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单词 lead astray
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lead astray


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Verb1.lead astray - teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"lead offcorrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
2.lead astray - lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directionslead astray - lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"misguide, mislead, misdirectlead, guide, take, conduct, direct - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
3.lead astray - cause someone to believe an untruthlead astray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"deceive, betraymisinform, mislead - give false or misleading information topersonate, pose, impersonate - pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, bamboozle, hoodwink, snow - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, gull, befool, fool, put on - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

lead astray


lead (one) astray

1. To lead one in the wrong direction; to cause one to be lost or in the wrong place. I'm afraid the GPS led us astray. We should have turned right back there. It was only when we saw the waterfall again that we realized our guide had been leading us astray.2. To misdirect one into error. A few false positives led me astray at first, but I think I have a good idea of the data trends now.3. To negatively influence one; to influence one to make poor choices. I just hope this new group that my son is hanging out with doesn't lead him astray.See also: astray, lead

lead someone astray

to direct or guide someone in the wrong direction. I am afraid that this young man has been leading you astray. I think you had better stop seeing him. No one can lead me astray. I know what I am doing.See also: astray, lead
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lead astray


  • verb

Synonyms for lead astray

verb teach immoral behavior to

Synonyms

  • lead off

Related Words

  • corrupt
  • debase
  • debauch
  • demoralise
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • misdirect
  • pervert
  • profane
  • vitiate
  • subvert

verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

Synonyms

  • misguide
  • mislead
  • misdirect

Related Words

  • lead
  • guide
  • take
  • conduct
  • direct

verb cause someone to believe an untruth

Synonyms

  • deceive
  • betray

Related Words

  • misinform
  • mislead
  • personate
  • pose
  • impersonate
  • lead by the nose
  • play false
  • pull the wool over someone's eyes
  • bamboozle
  • hoodwink
  • snow
  • cod
  • dupe
  • put one across
  • put one over
  • slang
  • take in
  • gull
  • befool
  • fool
  • put on
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