Definition and synonyms of LEAD UP THE GARDEN PATH (English)

definitions

lead up the garden path (v.)

1.(colloquial)deceive somebody"We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

see also

lead up the garden path (v.)

↘ cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cunning, deceit, deceitful, deceiver, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, fake, faker, fraud, gaff, guile, imposter, impostor, misleading, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, shenanigan, trickery, wile

synonyms

lead up the garden path (v.)

beguile, beguile into, cheat, deceive, delude, double-cross, lead astray, misguide, mislead, trick into

lead up the garden path (v.) (colloquial)

beguile, beguile into, bilk, bilk out of, cheat, cheat out of, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fob, fool, fox, lead astray, misguide, mislead, outsmart, outwit, play a joke on, play a prank on, play a trick on, pull a fast one on, rip off, swindle, swindle out of, take in, trick, trick into, trick out of, bamboozle (colloquial), hoodwink (colloquial), outmanoeuvre (British), put on the wrong track (colloquial), take for a ride (colloquial)

The Integral Dictionary & Wordnet

lead up the garden path (v. tr.) [colloquial, spéc. anglais britannique]

beguile;beguile into;delude;double-cross;lead astray;lead up the garden path;misguide;mislead;trick;trick into [Classe]

bamboozle, beguile, beguile into, bilk, bilk out of, cheat, cheat out of, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fob, fool, fox, hoodwink, lead astray, lead up the garden path, misguide, mislead, outmanoeuvre, outsmart, outwit, play a joke on, play a prank on, play a trick on, pull a fast one on, put on the wrong track, rip off, swindle, swindle out of, take for a ride, take in, trick, trick into, trick out of