false trail
Example Sentences
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The All Blacks on that day did not think their way through the problem – they did not use Jonah as a lure to take his pursuers down a false trail.
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2015
It took time to understand what we should have guessed: that he had laid a false trail.
From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2013
The motorcade had also been something of a feint, and Main Street something of a false trail.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2012
When abstraction invaded the country, it turned out to be another false trail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
