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lead sb a (merry) dance
informalDefinition
› to cause someone a lot of trouble, especially by getting them to do a lot of things that are not necessaryCheating and trickingPlotting and trapping
(Definition of lead sb a (merry) dance from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a numbers game idiom
- bamboozle verb
- blackmail verb
- bullshit verb
- casuistry noun
- deceive verb
- fiddle noun (DISHONEST BEHAVIOUR)
- fiddle verb (CHEAT)
- flannel verb
- hoax verb
- hocus-pocus noun
- hoodwink verb
- impersonate verb
- jape noun
- put sb on phrasal verb
- put sth across/over sb phrasal verb
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- rip sb off phrasal verb
- rook verb
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