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lead someone on

1. to guide someone onward. We led him on so he could see more of the gardens. Please lead Mary on. There is lots more to see here.

2. and lead someone on to tease someone; to encourage someone's romantic or sexual interest without sincerity. You are just leading me on! It's not fair to continue leading him on. It's easy to lead on teenage boys.

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Lead on, fellow, and take me directly to your master. The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context Every body present could see, now, that Delamayn had been allowed to lead on sufferance--had been dextrously drawn on to put out his whole power--and had then, and not till then, been seriously deprived of the lead. Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context "Ask that of God, my son," said Don Quixote; and do thou lead on where thou wilt, for this time I leave our lodging to thy choice; but reach me here thy hand, and feel with thy finger, and find out how many of my teeth and grinders are missing from this right side of the upper jaw, for it is there I feel the pain. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context			lay together lay under lay up lay waste laze away leach leach away leach in leach out of lead lead a dance lead a dog's life lead a double life lead against lead astray lead back lead by lead by the nose lead down lead down the garden path lead down to lead forth lead in lead into lead off lead on lead on a merry chase lead out of lead the field lead the life of Riley lead the pack lead the way lead to lead to believe lead to do lead up lead up the garden path lead up to lead with lead-pipe cinch leading leading question leaf leaf out leaf through league leak leak in leak out leak through leak to			lead mobility wing lead mobility wing Lead molybdate Lead molybdate lead monoxide lead monoxide lead month Lead Months lead nail lead naphthenate lead nation lead nation lead nephropathy lead nephropathy lead nephropathy lead network Lead neuropathy Lead neuropathy Lead neuropathy Lead Nickel Niobate Lead nitrate Lead ocher Lead ocher lead off lead off lead off lead off lead off lead off lead oleate lead on lead on a merry chase lead on by artifice Lead On Chip Lead on the Target lead on to lead one to lead one to expect Lead Operational Authority Lead Operational Control Team lead or an animal out lead ore lead ore lead ore lead ore lead ore lead orthoplumbate lead out lead out Lead Out Advantage lead out of Lead Out Subassembly Lead oxide lead oxide red Lead Oxides Lead paint Lead paint lead palsy lead palsy lead palsy lead paralysis

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