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taken someone down the garden path

taken someone down the garden path is the past participle of take someone down the garden path.

Meaning of take someone down the garden path

Verb

take someone down the garden path (third-person singular simple present takes someone down the garden path, present participle taking someone down the garden path, simple past took someone down the garden path, past participle taken someone down the garden path)

  1. Synonym of lead someone up the garden path.

Questions about taken someone down the garden path

What is taken someone down the garden path the past participle of?
Taken someone down the garden path is the past participle of take someone down the garden path.

Words near taken someone down the garden path in the dictionary

  1. taken slave
  2. taken soil
  3. taken some beating
  4. taken some doing
  5. taken someone at their word
  6. taken someone down the garden path
  7. taken someone for all they've got
  8. taken someone to the grave
  9. taken someone up short
  10. taken someone's arm
  11. taken someone's breath away

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