garden path

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Definition of garden path in English English dictionary: A sentence that is easily incorrectly parsed on a first read, due to ambiguity of a word or words
garden path sentence: A sentence that is easily incorrectly parsed on a first read, due to ambiguity of a word or words
garden path sentences: plural form of garden path sentence
garden paths: plural form of garden path
garden-path sentence: A sentence that is easily incorrectly parsed on a first read, due to ambiguity of a word or words
lead down a garden path: To mislead; to seduce
lead someone down the garden path: To deceive, hoodwink
'It was thought that the early origins of the idiom was founded on the tendency for one village to marry off their unsuccessful brides to unknowing bachelors. The superstition of the groom not being able to see his veiled bride until the marriage proclamation had been made was widely practiced. To that end the bride remained veiled throughout the ceremony. When the veil was lifted, the groom would learn that he had been married to a stranger. Many ceremonies took place in private gardens and as such the tendency to deceive with intent had evolved to the idiom of leading someone down the garden path.'.
lead up the garden path: To mislead or deceive
lead a person up the garden path: lead astray, mislead, deceive

garden path

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gar·den path

gärdın päth

/ˈgärdən ˈpaᴛʜ/ /ˈɡɑːrdən ˈpæθ/

[ 'gär-d&n ] (noun.) 13th century. From the idiom "to be led down a garden path"

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