Verb
lead astray (third-person singular simple present leads astray, present participle leading astray, simple past and past participle led astray)
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to believe an untruth.
- (transitive) To misguide or misdirect.
- (transitive) To influence (someone) to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegally
Translations
to cause to believe untruth
— see also gaslight
- Arabic: أَضَلَّ (ʔaḍalla)
- Finnish: johtaa harhaan
- German: irreführen (de), in die Irre führen, irreleiten, in die Irre leiten
- Greek:
- Ancient: πλανάω (planáō)
- Romanian: înșela (ro)
- Russian: сбива́ть с пути́ (ru) impf (sbivátʹ s putí), сбить с пути́ pf (sbitʹ s putí), вводи́ть в заблужде́ние (ru) impf (vvodítʹ v zabluždénije), ввести́ в заблужде́ние (ru) pf (vvestí v zabluždénije)
- Spanish: casquear
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to misguide or misdirect
— see also mislead
- Arabic: أَضَلَّ (ʔaḍalla)
- Finnish: johtaa harhaan
- French: induire en erreur (fr)
- German: auf Abwege führen, auf Abwege bringen
- Greek: παρασύρω (el) (parasýro), ξελογιάζω (el) (xelogiázo)
- Ancient: ἀποβουκολέω (apoboukoléō)
- Ladino: desviar, trazyerrar
- Latin: sēdūcō
- Maori: ngungu, whakapōhēhē
- Middle English: mysleden
- Punjabi: ਪੁੱਟਣਾ (puṭṭaṇā)
- Russian: сбива́ть с пути́ (ru) impf (sbivátʹ s putí), сбить с пути́ pf (sbitʹ s putí)
- Spanish: descaminar (es), desencaminar (es), desvirtuar (es), descarriar (es), llevar por el mal camino, inducir a error
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to influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow