Synonyms of led one down the garden path

led one down the garden path

phrase

variants also led one up the garden path

past tense of lead one down the garden path

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

The suspect led the cops down the garden path with a series of misleading phone calls.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• had on
• did a number on
• pulled one's leg
• strung along
• faked out
• gammoned
• sucked in
• misled
• hoodwinked
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• teased
• misguided
• snookered
• deluded
• misinformed
• gulled
• conned
• duped
• stung
• kidded
• buffaloed
• juggled
• snowed
• bluffed
• bamboozled
• hoaxed
• suckered
• cozened
• spoofed
• hornswoggled
• cheated
• humbugged
• gaffed
• took in
• put on
• beguiled
• had
• caught
• burned
• stuck
• defrauded
• gypped
• shortchanged
• flimflammed
• mulcted
• chiseled
• swindled
• fleeced
• rooked
• skinned
• euchred
• bled
• diddled
• hustled
• squeezed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• showed up
• exposed
• revealed
• uncovered
• debunked
• unmasked
• disclosed
• told
• undeceived
• unveiled
• divulged
• disillusioned
• uncloaked
• disenchanted
• disabused