lead+astray
11lead off — verb 1. teach immoral behavior to (Freq. 1) It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits • Syn: ↑lead astray • Hypernyms: ↑corrupt, ↑pervert, ↑subvert, ↑ …
12lead — Synonyms and related words: T square, accent, accent mark, accomplishment, actor, administer, administrate, advance, advantage, affect, aim, aluminum, americium, antagonist, antecede, antecedence, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, antetype …
13astray — adv. & predic.adj. 1 in or into error or sin ({{}}esp. lead astray). 2 out of the right way. Phrases and idioms: go astray be lost or mislaid. Etymology: ME f. OF estraieacute past part. of estraier ult. f. L extra out of bounds + vagari wander …
14lead by the nose — verb conceal one s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well • Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑pull the wool over someone …
15astray — Auana, lalau, hō aiā, pololua. See saying, Kalalau. ♦ To lead astray, ho olalau, ho ohili, luahele, hō aiāhua …
16lead — 1. Mineral. Kēpau, kēpau pōkā. 2. Guide. Alaka i, ka i, ka ika i. ♦ To lead against the will or without permission, ka ika ikū. ♦ Lead astray, ho ohala, ho ohili, ho olalau, ho owalewale …
17lead (someone) astray — 1. to influence someone in a negative way. Parents always worry that certain friends will lead their children astray. 2. to cause someone to make a mistake. The police were led astray by some false information. Related vocabulary: go astray …
18Astray — A*stray , adv. & a. [See {Estray}, {Stray}.] Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. [1913 Webster] Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25. [1913 Webster] …
19lead — lead1 W1S1 [li:d] v past tense and past participle led [led] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take somebody somewhere)¦ 2¦(go in front)¦ 3¦(be in charge)¦ 4¦(cause something to happen)¦ 5¦(cause somebody to believe something)¦ 6¦(influence)¦ 7¦(be more successful)¦… …
20lead — I BEING AHEAD OR TAKING SOMEONE SOMEWHERE ♦ leads, leading, led (Pronounced [[t]li͟ːd[/t]] in lead 1, and [[t]le̱d[/t]] in lead 2.) 1) VERB If you lead a group of moving people, you walk or ride in front of them. [V n] John Major and the Duke of… …
