Verb lead astray has 3 senses
- lead off, lead astray - teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"
--1 is one way to corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray - lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
--2 is one way to lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- deceive, betray, lead astray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
--3 is one way to misinform, mislead
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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