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leading someone down the garden path

leading someone down the garden path is the present participle and gerund of lead someone down the garden path.

Meaning of lead someone down the garden path

Verb

lead someone down the garden path (third-person singular simple present leads someone down the garden path, present participle leading someone down the garden path, simple past and past participle led someone down the garden path)

  1. Synonym of lead someone up the garden path.
    • They all have been leading us down the garden path about health care.

Questions about leading someone down the garden path

What is leading someone down the garden path the present participle and gerund of?
Leading someone down the garden path is the present participle and gerund of lead someone down the garden path.

Words near leading someone down the garden path in the dictionary

  1. leading questions
  2. leading rein
  3. leading reins
  4. leading seaman
  5. leading seamen
  6. leading someone down the garden path
  7. leading someone up the garden path
  8. leading spoke
  9. leading spokes
  10. leading strand
  11. leading strands

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