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Up the Garden Path is a 1984 novel by Sue Limb, which was adapted into a radio series by BBC Radio 4, and later into a television sitcom by Granada TV for ITV.
Also, lead up the garden path. Deceive someone. For example, Bill had quite different ideas from Tom about their new investment strategy; he was leading him down the garden path . This expression presumably alludes to the garden path as an intentional detour. [Early 1900s] Also see lead on.
"Garden path" refers to the saying "to be led down [or up] the garden path", meaning to be deceived, tricked, or seduced. In A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), Fowler describes such sentences as unwittingly laying a "false scent".
If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you by making you believe something which is not true. He led me up the garden path. He said the relationship with Penny was over but now he seems to be seeing her again.
Meaning of lead someone up the garden path in English. lead someone up the garden path. idiom informal. Add to word list. to deceive someone: It seems as if we've been led up the garden path about the position of our hotel - it's miles from the beach! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle
Up the Garden Path is a British sitcom about a schoolteacher who lies and cheats to find love. The series is based on a radio show and ran for three seasons from 1990 to 1993.
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The meaning of LEAD (SOMEONE) DOWN/UP THE GARDEN PATH is to deceive (someone) : to cause (someone) to go, think, or proceed wrongly. How to use lead (someone) down/up the garden path in a sentence.
