lead on

VERB
  1. entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
  2. be false to; be dishonest with
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How To Use lead on In A Sentence

  • I'm delighted that our local communities and voluntary groups are taking the lead on renewable energy for lighting and heating.
  • Intel makes the lead on technology what to calculate in processor.
  • For me a drug is a drug, no matter what, and soft drugs lead on to hard drugs.
  • New York shot 60 percent in the third quarter, charging back to grab an 89-88 lead on Robinson's 3-pointer with 1: 05 remaining, about the time a disgusted Kenyon Martin began cursing from the Nuggets 'bench about letting the Knicks hang around. USATODAY.com
  • As there be tides in the affairs of men which taken at the flood lead on to fortune, so there be waves which straddled at the proper time will bear a Halliwell on their niveous crest to the dizzy heights of fame, quicker'n the nictitation of a thomas-cat. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10
  • With so many reports to mislead one, it is hard to say at whose door the responsibility should be laid.
  • Arthur argued that increasing returns from learning, network externalities, and technological complementarities lead one technology eventually to dominate a given market.
  • I do agree that the president needs to step forward and lead on this issue because right now congress is kind of gridlocked on this thing, but let's remember he doesn't need Republican votes. CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009
  • The former View co-host — whose self-titled gabfest earned 25 Emmys between 1998-2002 — will take the lead on a syndicated talk program set to premiere in the fall of 2011, E! Rosie O’Donnell Radio Show — “Rosie Radio” Fall 2009 Sirius XM Radio
  • This political rhetoric would lead one to suppose that the subsequent proposals would be of an equally clear political substance.
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