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lead by the nose
Overview of verb lead-by-the-nose
The verb lead by the nose has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false -- (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well")
Antonyms of verb lead-by-the-nose
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lead-by-the-nose
1 sense of lead by the nose
Sense 1
bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lead-by-the-nose
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lead-by-the-nose
1 sense of lead by the nose
Sense 1
bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
'Cause To' of verb lead-by-the-nose
Derived Forms of verb lead-by-the-nose
Domain of verb lead-by-the-nose
Domain Terms of verb lead-by-the-nose
Familiarity of verb lead-by-the-nose
lead by the nose used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb lead-by-the-nose
1 sense of lead by the nose
Sense 1
bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb lead-by-the-nose
1 sense of lead by the nose
Sense 1
bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
> deceive, betray, lead astray
=> pose, impersonate, personate
=> bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lead-by-the-nose
Sense 1
bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
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