led one down the garden path
phrase
variants also led one up the garden path
as in had on
to cause to believe what is untrue The suspect led the cops down the garden path with a series of misleading phone calls. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- had on
- pulled one's leg
- caught
- strung along
- sucked in
- pulled the wool over one's eyes
- teased
- hoodwinked
- misled
- misguided
- deceived
- faked out
- deluded
- did a number on
- gammoned
- misinformed
- duped
- conned
- gulled
- tricked
- stung
- snookered
- buffaloed
- juggled
- bamboozled
- snowed
- burned
- burnt
- hoaxed
- bluffed
- fooled
- spoofed
- cozened
- hornswoggled
- stuck
- cheated
- humbugged
- had
- gaffed
- suckered
- put on
- took in
- beguiled
- defrauded
- gypped
- shortchanged
- mulcted
- swindled
- chiseled
- kidded
- fleeced
- rooked
- skinned
- euchred
- diddled
- flimflammed
- hustled
- bled
- squeezed
- chiselled
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- exposed
- revealed
- debunked
- uncovered
- unmasked
- disclosed
- told
- showed up
- undeceived
- unveiled
- divulged
- disillusioned
- uncloaked
- disenchanted
- disabused