to lead astray
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5.5
- phrasal verb
- /liːd əˈstreɪ/
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- Ambition might be "productive of more good than evil," but it might also lead a man astray.
- led so many astray
And when that happens, we get LED astray very, very quickly.
- And when that happens, we get LED astray very, very quickly.
- And then I'll come back to the the beliefs that lead us astray on the power front.
- So beauty often leads us astray from the good.
- That we're going to lead ourselves astray.
- Like they wanted to break, they thought Nicole was leading him astray.
- When people are product centered, they can often be LED astray.
- Empathy is somewhere between useless and erroneous and leads you astray and is not effective.
- I just trust my gut and follow my heart, which hasn't led me astray.
- And you can really lead yourself astray with that.
- Yeah, but simplicity and beauty leads us astray in the in the local pockets of scientific progress.
- For the reason this revelatory spirit could also be the devil leading you astray.
- What are the misconceptions that are leading people astray?
- But again, I'm never looking to trigger someone or offend someone or lead someone astray in any way.
- Without getting bound up with these kinds of analogies, I think analogies of that kind lead us astray.
- Is there ways in which mathematics can lead us astray when we use it as a tool to understand the physical world?
- It explains why they did all these things and they checked all sorts of possible sources of, of, of perhaps being LED astray.
Examples
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- If you do fall in with them, they will certainly lead you astray.
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O my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
Blog text (23) -
So beauty often leads us astray from the good.
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Someone has been led astray, involved in something without their knowledge.
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And here he is again, leading more innocent children astray.
Fiction book (1992) -
Most of these characters were led astray by their good intentions.
Academic text (2013) -
This temptation leads you astray.
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He must not allow himself to be led astray, not even by you, my son.
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Distraction or engagement in mindless activities will lead us astray, very often on a wild goose chase.
Academic text (2011) -
Be careful not to let anyone lead you astray with bad advice.
Synonyms
87
3.9
Make someone believe something that is not true
5
6.0
To send someone the wrong way or give wrong directions
3
8.4
To make someone behave in a morally wrong way
1
4.3
To give someone wrong advice or directions that lead them to make mistakes
Antonyms
How Misled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably built from 'lead' (to guide) plus 'astray' (off the intended path / going the wrong way), so a learner who knows both words can infer causing someone to go the wrong way or be misled. This verb + adverbial composition is a common, compositional pattern in English (and mirrored in many languages), making the expression transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Lead astray comes from a simple picture: someone who leads another off the right road so they are astray (lost). So it means 'to cause someone to go the wrong way or be misled'.