garden path
Example Sentences
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He's leading us all down a garden path and deep down, I reckon he knows it too.
From BBC • May 29, 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
He paid a company to erect a raised, square, demountable studio at the end of a garden path.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022
Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021
And who had started her down this garden path anyway?
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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