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- lead up the garden path
lead up the garden path
lead somebody up the garden path
(British, American & Australian informal) also lead somebody down the garden path (American informal) to deceive someone We were led up the garden path about the cost of the building work - it turned out really expensive.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Placid | | PLA-sid | English (Rare) |
| Kazimir | | kah-zee-MEER (Russian) | Russian, Medieval Slavic |
| Vito | | VEE-to (Italian), BEE-to (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
| Carme (1) | | KAR-me (Galician) | Galician, Catalan |
| Basu | | - | Bengali |
| Mccollum | | [mə'kɔləm] | |