lead on

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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 More results

? References in classic literature

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

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