Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take someone down the garden path

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
take -some-one -down the -gar-den -path
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of lead someone up the garden path.

Inflected Forms

takes someone down the garden path (present, singular) taking someone down the garden path (participle, present) took someone down the garden path (past) taken someone down the garden path (participle, past)

Synonyms

lead someone up the garden path

Questions

What does take someone down the garden path mean?
Synonym of lead someone up the garden path.

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