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lead on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lead onverb

    entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken

  2. deceive, lead on, delude, cozenverb

    be false to; be dishonest with

Wiktionary

  1. lead onverb

    to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.

  2. lead onverb

    to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship.

ChatGPT

  1. lead on

    To lead on generally means to guide, direct, or manipulate someone, often by giving them false hopes or misleading information. It is typically used to describe situations where one person misleads another into thinking something that isn't true, usually for personal gain.

Wikidata

  1. Lead On

    Lead On is an album released by American country music artist George Strait. Released in 1994 on MCA Records, the album was certified platinum in the U.S. for sales of one million copies. It includes the singles "The Big One", "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "Lead On", and "Adalida", which respectively reached #1, #1, #7 and #3 on the Hot Country Songs charts between 1994 and 1995. The album's title track was co-written by Teddy Gentry, who at the time was a member of the band Alabama.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lead on in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lead on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of lead on in a Sentence

  1. Matt Schlapp:

    Who got the vice president to go to the border? Donald Trump did by continuing to lead on the need to finish the wall and secure the border, who is the person now taking the lead in the fight against big tech? Donald Trump… If other people want to lead the party, start leading, start fighting, stop criticizing Trump.

  2. Gabby Giffords:

    Joe Biden leads with Joe Biden heart. Joe Biden has the compassion and toughness to lead on Gun Safety, i've witnessed Joe Biden comfort the survivors of gun violence, and I've seen Joe Biden fight for solutions to gun violence — and win. This is the leadership we need in the White House. Joe Biden is the choice for a gun safety president.

  3. Doug Ducey:

    I've looked at each of the candidates for Governor this year, and there's no question who is the proven conservative ready to lead on Day One : Taylor Robson.

  4. Missy Robertson:

    Were trying to let God take the lead on these things, were trying to decipher between opportunities is this what we need to do that will enhance our family ? And also to shine a light on the blessings that weve received because of the blessing giver. Because of the creator. Because of our Savior. Sometimes we get those things out of whack and they dont really go very well. Robertson continued :.

  5. Janis Meredith:

    I'm a question asker and I tend to ask a lot of questions and so that often got me in trouble because I would say things like, 'What happened?' or 'Why didn't the coach put you in?' ... and they're like, ' Mom, enough, the questions, stop,' we learned after a game to let our kids take the lead on the conversation.

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