lead astray as a verb: - 1
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lead astray
verb
1 lead astray
Teach immoral behavior to.
synonym: lead off.
2 lead astray
Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.
synonyms: misdirect, misguide, mislead.
Roget 495:
be erroneous
etc.
adj..
cause error;
mislead,
misguide;
lead astray,
lead into error;
beguile,
misinform
etc.
(misteach)
538†;
delude;
give a false impression,
give a false idea;
falsify,
misstate;
deceive
etc.
545;
lie
etc.
544.
err;
be in error
etc.
adj.,
be mistaken
etc.
v.;
be deceived
etc.
(duped)
547;
mistake,
receive a false impression,
deceive oneself;
fall into error,
lie under error,
labor under an error
etc.
n.;
be in the wrong,
blunder;
misapprehend,
misconceive,
misunderstand,
misreckon,
miscount,
miscalculate
etc.
(misjudge)
481.
play at cross purposes,
be at cross purposes
etc.
(misinterpret)
523.
trip,
stumble;
lose oneself
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
go astray;
fail
etc.
732;
be in the wrong box;
take the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(mismanage)
699;
put the saddle on the wrong horse;
reckon without one's host;
take the shadow for the substance
etc.
(credulity)
486;
dream
etc.
(imagine)
515.
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Dutch: bedriegen, bedotten, begoochelen, misleiden, mystificeren
3 lead astray
Cause someone to believe an untruth.
synonyms: betray, deceive.
Dutch: bedonderen, bedriegen, beduvelen, belazeren, besjoemelen, besodemieteren, kloten, naaien, oetsen, rollen, verlakken, vernachelen, verneuken, verneuriën, wijsmaken ... show more
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