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leading someone up the garden path

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

Meaning of lead someone up the garden path

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.
    • "You're a pair of conspiring females," he growled. "A fine couple of contriving minxes! You've even led my Peterkin up the garden path."1969, Erich Kästner, translated by Cyrus Brooks, Lottie and Lisa, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    lead someone down the garden path, lead someone up the garden

Questions about leading someone up the garden path

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

Words near leading someone up the garden path in the dictionary

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

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