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leads someone down the garden path

leads someone down the garden path is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 leads someone down the garden path

What is leads someone down the garden path the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leads someone down the garden path is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lead someone down the garden path.

Words near leads someone down the garden path in the dictionary

  1. leads in
  2. leads nowhere
  3. leads off
  4. leads on
  5. leads out
  6. leads someone down the garden path
  7. leads someone up the garden path
  8. leads the charge
  9. leads the line
  10. leads the way
  11. leads through

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