lead on

English

Verb

lead on (third-person singular simple present leads on, present participle leading on, simple past and past participle led on)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead,‎ on.

Translations

to mislead

• Esperanto: iluzii
• Polish: bajtlować (pl) impf, zbajtlować impf

to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship

• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: houkutella (fi)
• German: falsche Hoffnungen machen
• Russian: водить за нос (ru) (voditʹ za nos)

Anagrams

• Delano, deanol, enodal, loaden, loaned, onlead