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Present participle for to mislead or deceive with untruths

Present participle for to play a joke or trick on someone, typically in a teasing manner

Verb

Present participle for to mislead or deceive with untruths

stringing along

taking for a ride

putting one over on

pulling a fast one on

pulling a swifty on

double-crossing

giving someone a bum steer

doing a number on

taking advantage of

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

pulling one's leg

leading down the garden path

misrepresenting

outmanoeuvring^UK

outmaneuvering^US

selling down the river

putting on the wrong track

throwing off the scent

playing for a sucker

taking to the cleaners

propagandising^UK

running a game on

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

selling a pup to

sending on a wild goose chase

pulling someone's leg

playing trick on

putting on an act

leading up garden path

propagandizing^US

putting on false front

playing games with

doing the dirty on

giving the wrong impression

playing for a fool

stealing a march on

pulling wool over

slipping something over on

selling a bill of goods

breaking the rules

giving bum steer

playing fast and loose with

sending on a wild-goose chase

giving the runaround

making a fool of

twisting around your little finger

pulling strings

playing a trick on

making a sucker of

pulling a fast one

getting the better of

taking to cleaners

pulling fast one

stabbing in the back

running rings round

making rings round

playing someone false

breaking faith with

doing someone in the eye

selling a bill of goods to

playing joke on

taking for ride

doing number on

doing someone dirty

stretching the rules

bending the rules

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

laying a trap for

going one better than

telling an untruth

telling a falsehood

concocting a story

saying something untrue

telling a white lie

departing from the truth

perjuring oneself

forswearing oneself

inventing a story

making up a story

stretching the truth

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling stories

putting up a front

bearing false witness

breaking promise

telling untruths

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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

Present participle for to play a joke or trick on someone, typically in a teasing manner

pulling one's leg

playing a joke on

playing a trick on

making sport of

taking for a ride

making a monkey out of

taking the mickey

taking the piss out of

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Nearby Words

leading with one's chin

leading you to believe

leading you to expect

leading up garden path

leading to the end of

leading to the belief

leading to the altar

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