false trail
Example Sentences
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The plaintiffs alleged the recruiters laid out a false trail of information about distribution, which lawyers said was part of a deliberately dishonest business model.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
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
The motorcade had also been something of a feint, and Main Street something of a false trail.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2012
They began to seem suspiciously like decoys, pledged to lay down a false trail, then surrender.
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
