a bum steer

(American & Australian informal)

information that is not correct or not helpful The bus driver gave us a bum steer and we ended up miles from where we wanted to go. Her suggestion to eat at that little Italian restaurant was a bum steer. (= a bad suggestion)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bazyli	bah-ZI-lee	Polish (Rare)
Samed	-	Turkish
Vladislav	vlah-dee-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Ilmarinen	-	Finnish Mythology
Parvin	-	Persian, Azerbaijani
Priscilla	pri-SIL-ə (English), pree-SHEEL-lah (Italian)	English, French, Italian, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical