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What is another word for lead up the garden path?

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To mislead or deceive with untruths

To play a joke or trick on someone, typically in a teasing manner

Verb

To mislead or deceive with untruths

take for a ride

put one over on

pull a fast one on

pull a swifty on

give someone a bum steer

pull the wool over someone's eyes

take advantage of

lead down the garden path

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

sell down the river

outmanoeuvre^UK

give wrong information to

propagandize^US

send on a wild goose chase

lead up garden path

play for a sucker

put up smoke screen

put on false front

bait and switch

take to the cleaners

propagandise^UK

pull someone's leg

play games with

do the dirty on

give the wrong impression

play for a fool

steal a march on

slip something over on

sell a bill of goods

break the rules

play fast and loose with

send on a wild-goose chase

give the runaround

twist around your little finger

play a trick on

throw dust in someone's eyes

get the better of

pull a fast one

make a sucker of

be cleverer than

run rings round

stab in the back

make rings round

be unfaithful to

sell a bill of goods to

play someone false

break faith with

take to cleaners

do someone in the eye

take for a fool

put someone up to something

do someone dirty

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

arrange fraudulently

throw off balance

put someone off their stride

catch on the hop

go one better than

find a loophole in

exploit a loophole in

stretch the truth

be economical with the truth

bear false witness

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“But children do realize quickly that adults also say things that are made-up and which lead them up the garden path.”

Verb

To play a joke or trick on someone, typically in a teasing manner

play a trick on

take for a ride

make a monkey out of

take the mickey

take the piss out of

pull someone's leg

poke mullock at

play a practical joke

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

play a practical joke on

get a rise out of

take a rise out of

yank someone's chain

pull someone's chain

give a hard time

treat with contempt

treat contemptuously

hold up to ridicule

hold up to shame

have a joke with

show contempt for

be scornful about

bite one's thumb at

get on the nerves of

be on the back of

make someone a laughing stock

expose to ridicule

laugh out of court

make a laughing-stock

get in the hair of

search high heaven

be on one's case

be on your back

drive up the wall

give someone grief

be a nuisance to

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

cock a snook at

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Nearby Words

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lead you to expect

lead up garden path

lead to the end of

lead to the belief

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