om de tuin leiden
Dutch
Etymology
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Compare English lead someone up the garden path.
Verb
- (idiomatic, transitive) to hoodwink, deceive
- Synonyms: beetnemen, bij de neus nemen, foppen, in de maling nemen, tuk hebben, voor de gek houden
Inflection
Conjugation of om de tuin leiden: see leiden.
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