lead a chase

Also, lead a merry chase or dance . Mislead someone; waste someone's time. For example, Mary refuses to commit herself and is leading John a merry chase, or Harry led us all a dance; we were waiting at the hotel and he'd gone to the movies. [First half of 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Staley	['steili]
Ena (2)	-	Croatian
Yewande	-	Western African, Yoruba
Horacio	o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Dwyn	-	Celtic Mythology
Annabelle	AN-ə-bel (English)	English, French