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LEAD ASTRAY
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause someone to believe an untruth
Example:
The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
Example:
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
Synonyms:
lead astray; misdirect; misguide; mislead
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):
conduct; direct; guide; lead; take (take somebody somewhere)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Teach immoral behavior to
Example:
It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
Synonyms:
lead astray; lead off
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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
