RichThesaurus
send on a wild goose chase
send on a wild goose chase
synonyms
take in
throw off the scent
hoodwink
deceive
pull the wool over someone's eyes
put on the wrong track
delude
lead astray
mislead
take for a ride
give someone a bum steer
give wrong information to
pull someone's leg
misdirect
lead up the garden path
bamboozle
misinform
lie to
fool
misguide
tell a white lie
tell an untruth
stretch the truth
tell a falsehood
tell a terminological inexactitude
tell a lie
trick
be forsworn
falsify
lie
forswear oneself
prevaricate
pretend
fib
exaggerate
say something untrue
con
dissimulate
hoax
fabricate
bluff
lie through one's teeth
invent a story
bear false witness
commit perjury
depart from the truth
perjure oneself
bullshit
dissemble
be economical with the truth
send on a wild goose chase
definitions