leadsomeoneon
phrasal verbwithleadverbuk/liːd/us/liːd/led|leduk/led/us/led/
disapprovingtopersuadesomeone tobelievesomething that isuntrue:
All thattimeshe'd beenleadinghim on(=pretendingshelikedhim), but she was onlyinterestedin hismoney.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hustle
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket