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LEAD BY THE NOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lead by the nose mean? 

LEAD BY THE NOSE (verb)
  The verb LEAD BY THE NOSE has 1 sense:

1. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an endplay

  Familiarity information: LEAD BY THE NOSE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEAD BY THE NOSE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bamboozle; hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; snow

Context example:

He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Hypernyms (to "lead by the nose" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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