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lead by the nose 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of verb lead_by_the_nose
The verb lead by the nose has 1 sense
- 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")