lead on

English

Verb

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

(transitive, idiomatic) to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.
(transitive, idiomatic) to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship.
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

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