Usually means: Deceive with false promises, intentions.
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  1. lead someone up the garden path: Merriam-Webster
  2. lead someone up the garden path: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lead someone up the garden path: Wiktionary

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  1. lead someone up the garden path: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (lead someone up the garden path)

verb:  (idiomatic) To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.

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