lead on
lead
li:d
lid
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/lˈiːd ˈɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lead on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to lead on
[phrase form: lead]
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intentionally deceive someone by making them believe something that is not true
to lead on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spy led on the enemy by giving them false information.
āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϕ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āφāĻļāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give someone false hope of a romantic relationship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The catfish has led on many people by creating fake online profiles.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻŋāĻļ āϜāĻžāϞ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to guide or show the way to someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiker followed the trail as the experienced mountaineer led her on to the summit.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšā§€ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ