led up the garden path

Example Sentences

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"We must not see people led up the garden path once again," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

I love being hoodwinked, led up the garden path, dazzled by red herrings and then awed into submission by an ingenious finale.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

That is what we are righting for and the ordinary workers and soldiers are going to see to it that they are not led up the garden path, as they were after the last war.

From Time Magazine Archive

"They've been led up the garden path by Arnim," a British general remarked.

From Time Magazine Archive