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takes someone down the garden path

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

What is takes someone down the garden path the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes someone down the garden path is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take someone down the garden path.

Words near takes someone down the garden path in the dictionary

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

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