lead by the nose English

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lead by the nose

— verb (= bamboozle) 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

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snow

play false

hoodwink

bamboozle

pull the wool over someone’s eyes

entangle

enmesh

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Influence

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