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to lead sb up the garden path

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  • lead someone up the garden path — If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lead someone down the garden path — lead (someone) down the garden path to deceive someone. Our country has been led down the garden path by the politicians in office. Etymology: based on the idea that a path in a garden is very pleasant, so someone who is brought along it can be… …   New idioms dictionary

  • lead someone up the garden path — lead (someone) up the garden path British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal to deceive someone. We were led up the garden path about the cost of the building work it turned out really expensive …   New idioms dictionary

  • lead someone up the garden path — (informal) DECEIVE, mislead, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, entrap, beguile, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone s eyes, gull; informal con, pull a fast one on, string along, take for a ride, put one over on. → garden * * * lead someone up… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lead someone up the garden path —    If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Lead someone up the garden path —   If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • lead one down the garden path — also lead one up the garden path phrasal hoodwink, deceive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lead one up the garden path — phrasal see lead one down the garden path …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lead somebody up the garden path — lead sb up/down the garden ˈpath idiom to make sb believe sth which is not true Main entry: ↑leadidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • lead somebody down the garden path — lead sb up/down the garden ˈpath idiom to make sb believe sth which is not true Main entry: ↑leadidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • lead one up the garden path — phrasal also lead one up the garden Britain : to pull the wool over one s eyes : deceive, mislead so you led us up the garden path … you cooked up a beautiful story William Sansom …   Useful english dictionary

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