Synonyms of leads one down the garden path

leads one down the garden path

phrase

variants also leads one up the garden path

present tense third-person singular of lead one down the garden path

as in strings along

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

• strings along
• cozens
• catches
• has on
• pulls one's leg
• teases
• tricks
• fakes out
• dupes
• does a number on
• cons
• hoodwinks
• deceives
• gulls
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• sucks in
• sticks
• stings
• buffaloes
• fools
• misleads
• gammons
• hoaxes
• spoofs
• deludes
• bluffs
• takes in
• suckers
• snows
• burns
• misinforms
• juggles
• humbugs
• hornswoggles
• misguides
• has
• bamboozles
• beguiles
• gaffs
• cheats
• snookers
• kids
• puts on
• flimflams
• euchres
• shortchanges
• skins
• defrauds
• swindles
• rooks
• gyps
• chisels
• fleeces
• mulcts
• diddles
• hustles
• bleeds
• squeezes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• shows up
• debunks
• tells
• uncovers
• undeceives
• unmasks
• discloses
• divulges
• unveils
• disillusions
• uncloaks
• disenchants
• disabuses