lead on

Meaning

1. lead sb on

   to make sb believe sth which is not true, especially that you love them or find them attractive

In the movies · 451

• Great. Lead on, maestro.About Time2013
• Lead on, you, Teddy!The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
• Okay. A lead on the girl.V for Vendetta2006
• Then lead on, MacDuff.Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
• Lead me on.Twelfth Night2012
• Yeah, we got a lead on this...Fargo1996
• Agent MacTaggert has a lead on Sebastian Shaw,X-Men: First Class2011
• - Why not. - Lead on. Quickly.Match Point2005

Learn it in full scenes

• V for Vendetta2006
  • V's Opening Monologue
  • V Introduces Himself to Evey
  • Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
  • Interviewing for the Dead Letter Office
  • The Best Man's Wedding Checklist
  • Oliver's Mother Stays Four Days
• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing

From the same entry

• lead by the nose
• lead a dance
• lead from the front
• lead nowhere
• lead up the garden path
• the blind leading the blind
• you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
• lead the life of Riley
• one thing leads to another
• lead off
• lead off
• lead up to