Synonyms for lead on
lead on

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1. lead onverb

   entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken

   Synonyms:
   deceive, cozen, delude

2. deceive, lead on, delude, cozenverb

   be false to; be dishonest with

   Synonyms:
   betray, lead astray, cozen, delude, deceive

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1. • Entice
   • Victimize

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1. Yves Galimidi:

   It's quite normal that if you have the lead on something and suddenly you don't have it any more, or you might not have it in the future, it creates some kind of questions.

2. Bill Hagerty:

   It’s remarkable that all 535 members of Congress and other government VIPs will be permitted to gather together for President Biden’s State of the Union address, and yet the The Capitol and The Senate office buildings remain closed to the American people, the Senate should lead on the re-opening of America. The people we represent should be infuriated.

3. Beth Foster:

   At the end of the day, we can only do so much at the headquarters level, but, you know, really, this is on our commanders, on our [non-commissioned officers], our frontline leaders to make sure that they are addressing this problem. And, you know, the Secretary says … we need to lead on that. And that that is for at every level of the department.

4. Michael Fallon:

   We will be stepping up the MOD's (Ministry of Defence) role in export promotion, the MOD will now lead on key strategic export campaigns, including Typhoon and complex weapons.

5. Mike Enzi:

   He is our first line of defense on many issues, the team needs him and Jeff will be right there with his expertise taking the lead on welfare reform.