leads one down the garden path
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also leads one up the garden path
as in strings along
to cause to believe what is untrue
The suspect led the cops down the garden path with a series of misleading phone calls.
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“Leads one down the garden path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leads%20one%20down%20the%20garden%20path. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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