"lead on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leads on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leading on",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led on",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "led on",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie."
      ],
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          "mislead",
          "mislead"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to mislead",
          "word": "iluzii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to mislead",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bajtlować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to mislead",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zbajtlować"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship."
      ],
      "id": "en-lead_on-en-verb-waROYk3u",
      "links": [
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
        [
          "illusion",
          "illusion"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
          "word": "houkutella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
          "word": "falsche Hoffnungen machen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
          "word": "iludir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "voditʹ za nos",
          "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
          "word": "водить за нос"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, on."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
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  "word": "lead on"
}

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    {
      "form": "leads on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leading on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mislead",
          "mislead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship."
      ],
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          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
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          "illusion",
          "illusion"
        ],
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          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to mislead",
      "word": "iluzii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to mislead",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bajtlować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to mislead",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbajtlować"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
      "word": "houkutella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
      "word": "falsche Hoffnungen machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
      "word": "iludir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voditʹ za nos",
      "sense": "to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship",
      "word": "водить за нос"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead on"
}