Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking someone down the garden path

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing -some-one -down the -gar-den -path
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take someone down the garden path

Questions

What does taking someone down the garden path mean?
present participle and gerund of take someone down the garden path

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