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lead

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lead someone or something (away) (from someone or something)

to direct or guide someone or something away from someone or something. The officer led the victim's wife away from the accident. The trainer led away the dog from the other animals. We led them away.

lead

/take down the garden path

To mislead or deceive (another).

See:

• All roads lead to Rome
• bury the lead
• Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven
• dog's life
• drag
• fill full of lead
• fill someone full of lead
• follow lead
• get the lead out
• Get the lead out!
• go down like a lead balloon
• go over
• go over like a lead balloon
• have a charmed life
• have lead in (one's) pants
• have lead in one’s pencil
• in the lead
• lead
• lead (one) around by the nose
• lead (one) to the altar
• lead a cat and dog life
• lead a charmed existence
• lead a charmed life
• lead a chase
• lead a dance
• lead a dog's life
• lead a double life
• lead against
• lead astray
• lead back
• lead balloon
• lead by
• lead by the nose
• lead down
• lead down garden path
• lead down the garden path
• lead down to
• lead forth
• lead in
• lead into
• lead nowhere
• lead off
• lead on
• lead on a merry chase
• lead one to
• lead out of
• lead poisoning
• lead the field
• lead the life of Riley
• lead the line
• lead the pack
• lead the way
• lead time
• lead to
• lead to believe
• lead to do
• lead up
• lead up the garden path
• lead up to
• lead with
• lead with one's chin
• lead-pipe cinch
• One thing leads to another
• put lead in one's pencil
• put lead in pencil
• swing the lead
• take the lead
• You can lead a horse to water
• you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
• You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink