lead sb on

disapproving — phrasal verb with lead

/liːd/ verb (led, led

/led/

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Definition

› to persuade someone to believe something that is untrue: All that time she'd been leading him on (= pretending she liked him), but she was only interested in his money.Cheating and trickingPlotting and trapping

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