lead someone down the garden path

English

Alternative forms

lead someone up the garden path

Verb

lead someone down the garden path

(idiomatic) To mislead, deceive, hoodwink, or seduce.
They all have been leading us down the garden path about health care.

Derived terms

garden path sentence

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