give lead

  • 71lead on — Synonyms and related words: act on, allure, approach, bait, bait the hook, be responsible for, bear upon, blandish, cajole, call the signals, captain, carry on, coax, command, conduct, control, coquet, dally, decoy, direct, draw, draw in, draw on …

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  • 72lead someone up the garden path — (informal) DECEIVE, mislead, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, entrap, beguile, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone s eyes, gull; informal con, pull a fast one on, string along, take for a ride, put one over on. → garden * * * lead someone up… …

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  • 73give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …

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  • 74lead to — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) …

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  • 75lead glass —    Glass into which lead oxide is incorporated to give high refractive index, optical dispersion, and surface brilliance; used in optical glass …

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  • 76lead someone up the garden path —    If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 77Lead someone up the garden path —   If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time. Lead someone down the garden path is also used …

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  • 78give rise to — cause, lead to, bring about, result in …

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  • 79lead you down the garden path — tell you a false story, give you a line    He said the trip to Paris was free. He led me down the garden path …

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  • 80lead to — Syn: result in, cause, bring on/about, give rise to, create, produce, occasion, effect, generate, contribute to, promote, provoke, stir up, spark off …

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