lead someone up the garden path
lead someone up the garden path · leads someone up the garden path · led someone up the garden path · leading someone up the garden path
To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someoneTo deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.
UK/ˈliːd ˌsʌmwʌn ˈʌp ðə ˈɡɑːdn̩ pɑːθ/US/ˈlid ˌsʌmwʌn ˈʌp ðə ˈɡɑɹdən ˌpæθ/
» To where leads this difficult path?
Куда ведёт этот тернистый путь? — V_Zmoova
FeuDRenais2 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.
Examples
11 sentencesOrigin
Probably a reference to the fact that a garden path is often winding instead of direct.Probably a reference to the fact that a garden path is often winding instead of direct.
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Forms
leads someone up the garden path, leading someone up the garden path, led someone up the garden path, led someone up the garden path| Base form | lead someone up the garden path · to lead someone up the garden path |
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| 3rd person singular | leads someone up the garden path |
| Present participle | leading someone up the garden path |
| Past simple | led someone up the garden path |
| Past participle | led someone up the garden path |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | lead someone up the garden path |
| he, she, it | leads someone up the garden path |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | led someone up the garden path |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have led someone up the garden path |
| he, she, it | has led someone up the garden path |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will lead someone up the garden path |
Synonyms
2 synonymslead someone down the garden pathlead someone up the garden
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle