lead astray

A2 Topic:Mind & Cognition Phrasal verb

Base verb: lead

Meanings

1
verb
to guide someone away from the correct physical direction
Phrasal verb · Separable

lead someone astray / lead astray someone

Usage: A person normally comes before astray: lead them astray. This sense concerns getting lost.

The visitors were led astray by an incorrect sign at the junction.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
The visitors were led astray by an incorrect sign at the junction.
2
verb
to cause someone to believe something wrong or make an error
Phrasal verb · Separable

lead someone astray / lead astray someone

Usage: A person normally comes before astray: lead them astray. This sense concerns mistaken judgment.

False statistics can lead readers astray if they do not check the source.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
False statistics can lead readers astray if they do not check the source.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms led astray

Related forms lead

Topics

Mind & Cognition

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# lead astray

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb

## Meanings
1. to guide someone away from the correct physical direction
2. to cause someone to believe something wrong or make an error

## Usage Notes
- to guide someone away from the correct physical direction: A person normally comes before astray: lead them astray. This sense concerns getting lost.
- to cause someone to believe something wrong or make an error: A person normally comes before astray: lead them astray. This sense concerns mistaken judgment.

## Examples
- The visitors were led astray by an incorrect sign at the junction.
- False statistics can lead readers astray if they do not check the source.
- The visitors were led astray by an incorrect sign at the junction.
- False statistics can lead readers astray if they do not check the source.

## Related Forms
- lead

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [The Missing Workbook: original construction review](https://github.com/barisozmen/rails_english)

## Topics
- Mind & Cognition

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