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LEAD ON
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lead on" is one way to...):
entice; lure; tempt (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be false to; be dishonest with
Synonyms:
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "lead on" is one way to...):
victimise; victimize (make a victim of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lead on"):
betray; sell (deliver to an enemy by treachery)
cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)
shill (act as a shill)
flim-flam; fob; fox; play a joke on; play a trick on; play tricks; pull a fast one on; trick (deceive somebody)
befool; fool; gull (make a fool or dupe of)
betray; cheat; cheat on; cuckold; wander (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)
hoax; play a joke on; pull someone's leg (subject to a playful hoax or joke)
ensnare; entrap; frame; set up (take or catch as if in a snare or trap)
humbug (trick or deceive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
