wrong scent, on the

On a false trail or track, as in He managed to put the police on the wrong scent and got away. This term alludes to hunting with hounds. [c. 1600]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Philemon	fi-LEE-mən (English), fie-LEE-mən (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Demeter (2)	-	Hungarian
Brewer	['bru:ə]
Jozafat	yaw-ZAH-faht	Polish
Riku (1)	REE-koo	Finnish
LÁIlÁ	-	Sami