lead on
verb- To mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.
- To encourage the illusion of an intimate relationship, or to feign intentions of beginning one. · I thought she really loved me but really she was just leading me on.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, on.
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