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Synonyms for lead by the nose in English

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lead by the nose:
- snow; hoodwink; bamboozle; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes

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Detailed Synonyms for lead by the nose in English

lead by the nose:

lead by the nose verb

lead by the nose

– conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end ¹
to snow; to hoodwink; bamboozle; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes
– conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end ¹
- snow verb (snows, snowed, snowing)
- hoodwink verb (hoodwinks, hoodwinked, hoodwinking)
- bamboozle verb
  - He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well¹
- lead by the nose verb
- play false verb
- pull the wool over someone's eyes verb

Alternate Synonyms for "lead by the nose":

bamboozle; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; play false; deceive; betray; lead astray

Related Definitions for "lead by the nose":

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end¹

Related Synonyms for lead by the nose

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