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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.

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. Hillary Clinton:

    Senator Tim Kaine is everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not. He is qualified to step into this job and lead on day one.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. White House:

    Secretary of State Pompeo has clearly taken the lead on the negotiations, but the national security adviser is going, he's going to Singapore and will be part of the talks.

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