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false clue
noun as in red herring
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Example Sentences
For seventeen, eighteen years I have traveled hither and thither, always on some false clue.
We know now he had some false clue and that he believed she and you were living in Liverpool.
I suppose the local investigation was relaxed while this false clue was being followed up?
But in the end they rode away and I sorrowfully recognized their conviction that they had been running down a false clue.
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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to false clue, such as: ploy, smokescreen, attention-grabber, bait, commotion, and curve ball.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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