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lead astray

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
deceivelead offmislead
pasttense
leaded astrayled astray
presentparticiple
leading astray
thirdpersonsingular
leads astray
pastparticiple
leaded astrayled astray