lead astray

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verb

1. teach immoral behavior to
- It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
• Syn:
lead off
• Hypernyms:
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise,
debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
• Syn:
mislead, misdirect, misguide
• Derivationally related forms:
misdirection (for: misdirect), misleader (for: mislead)
• Hypernyms:
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. cause someone to believe an untruth
- The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
• Syn:
deceive, betray
• Ant:
undeceive (for: deceive)
• Derivationally related forms:
betrayer (for: betray), deceptive (for: deceive), deception (for: deceive), deceiver (for: deceive)
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Hyponyms:
pose, impersonate, personate, bamboozle, snow,
hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false, gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in,
put one over, put one across
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody