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taking someone down the garden path

taking someone down the garden path is the present participle and gerund 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 taking someone down the garden path

What is taking someone down the garden path the present participle and gerund of?
Taking someone down the garden path is the present participle and gerund of take someone down the garden path.

Words near taking someone down the garden path in the dictionary

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

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