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leads someone up the garden path

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

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

Words near leads someone up the garden path in the dictionary

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

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