"take someone down the garden path" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes someone down the garden path [present, singular, third-person], taking someone down the garden path [participle, present], took someone down the garden path [past], taken someone down the garden path [participle, past], tane someone down the garden path [Scotland, archaic, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken:tane􂀿archaic or Scotland􂁀> someone down the garden path}} take someone down the garden path (third-person singular simple present takes someone down the garden path, present participle taking someone down the garden path, simple past took someone down the garden path, past participle taken someone down the garden path or (archaic or Scotland) tane someone down the garden path)
  1. Synonym of lead someone up the garden path. Wikipedia link: Scottish English Synonyms: lead someone up the garden path [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-take_someone_down_the_garden_path-en-verb-kOd8yThd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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