LEAD ASTRAY

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lead astray mean? 

• LEAD ASTRAY (verb)
  The verb LEAD ASTRAY has 3 senses:

1. teach immoral behavior to

2. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

3. cause someone to believe an untruth

  Familiarity information: LEAD ASTRAY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAD ASTRAY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teach immoral behavior to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

lead astray; lead off

Context example:

It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits

Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):

corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

lead astray; misdirect; misguide; mislead

Context example:

The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver

Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):

conduct; direct; guide; lead; take (take somebody somewhere)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause someone to believe an untruth

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

betray; deceive; lead astray

Context example:

The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):

misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lead astray"):

impersonate; personate; pose (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)

bamboozle; hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; snow (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end)

befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in (fool or hoax)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody