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took someone down the garden path

took someone down the garden path is the simple past 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 took someone down the garden path

What is took someone down the garden path the simple past of?
Took someone down the garden path is the simple past of take someone down the garden path.

Words near took someone down the garden path in the dictionary

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

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