lead a dance

lead somebody a (merry) dance

(old-fashioned)

to confuse someone or to cause problems for them by deceiving them or behaving in a way that they cannot understand She's led us a merry dance over the plans for the party.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ilean	ie-LEEN	English (Rare)
SÉ	SHAY	Irish
Hanna (2)	HAH-nah (German), HAN-nah (Danish), HAHN-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Hungarian
Patya	-	Russian
Sabah Ud-Din	-	Arabic (Rare)
Amador	-	Spanish