lead by the nose

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Verb lead by the nose has 1 sense

bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
--₁ is one way to deceive, betray, lead astray
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

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