lead you
astray
Meaning: If someone leads you astray, they set a bad
example and you behave badly also, or they encourage you to do the wrong thing.For example:
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We're worried about our teenage son because he's at that age
when he could easily be led astray by kids he thinks are cool and who could
expose him to drugs or alcohol or other bad stuff.
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Carlos says advertisements lead millions of people astray and
make them waste their lives chasing after material possessions in the false
belief that they can't possibly be happy unless they get these things.
Quick Quiz:
The school
board doesn't want a bowling alley built near the school because they say the
students could be led astray by
a. people who
love bowling
b. the owners of the bowling alley
c. unemployed kids who go there
during the day
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