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lead someone a dance

lead someone a dance verb: to waste somebody's time in an elaborately circuitous manner.

Verb

lead someone a dance (third-person singular simple present leads someone a dance, present participle leading someone a dance, simple past and past participle led someone a dance)

  1. To waste somebody's time in an elaborately circuitous manner.

Forms of lead someone a dance

third-person singular presentleads someone a dance
present participleleading someone a dance
past participleled someone a dance
pastled someone a dance

Origin of lead someone a dance

Clipped version of lead someone on a merry dance.

Questions about lead someone a dance

What does lead someone a dance mean?
Lead someone a dance means to waste somebody's time in an elaborately circuitous manner.
What part of speech is lead someone a dance?
Lead someone a dance is a verb.
What is the past tense of lead someone a dance?
The past tense of lead someone a dance is led someone a dance.

Words near lead someone a dance in the dictionary

  1. lead shot
  2. lead singer
  3. lead singers
  4. lead single
  5. lead singles
  6. lead someone a dance
  7. lead someone down the garden path
  8. lead someone to the altar
  9. lead someone up the garden path
  10. lead suboxide
  11. lead sugar

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