om de tuin leiden

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Etymology edit

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Compare English lead someone up the garden path.

Verb edit

om de tuin leiden

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to hoodwink, deceive
    Synonyms: beetnemen, bij de neus nemen, foppen, in de maling nemen, tuk hebben, voor de gek houden

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