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Verb: lead on
  1. Entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
     
  2. Be false to; be dishonest with
    - deceive, delude, cozen [literary]

Derived forms: led on, leading on, leads on

Type of: entice, lure, tempt, victimise [Brit], victimize

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lead astray
lead bank
Lead Belly
lead by the nose
lead carbonate
lead chromate
lead colic
lead glass
lead line
lead off
lead on
lead ore
lead pencil
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lead sheet
lead story
lead tetraethyl
lead time
lead tree
lead up