دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی put off the scent )

put off the scent

IDIOM

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put off the scent
put/throw (someone) off the scent
if you throw someone off the scent, you give them false or confusing information to try to stop them discovering something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by false evidence given by two of the witnesses.

throw (someone) off the scent
to give someone false or confusing information so that they will not discover something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by two of the witnesses, who were found later to be lying.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of throw a dog off the scent (= to cause a dog to lose the smell that leads it to a person or animal)
throw (someone) off the scent
to give someone false or confusing information so that they will not discover something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by two of the witnesses, who were found later to be lying.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of throw a dog off the scent (= to cause a dog to lose the smell that leads it to a person or animal)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put someone off the scent
put/throw (someone) off the scent
if you throw someone off the scent, you give them false or confusing information to try to stop them discovering something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by false evidence given by two of the witnesses.

throw (someone) off the scent
to give someone false or confusing information so that they will not discover something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by two of the witnesses, who were found later to be lying.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of throw a dog off the scent (= to cause a dog to lose the smell that leads it to a person or animal)
throw (someone) off the scent
to give someone false or confusing information so that they will not discover something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by two of the witnesses, who were found later to be lying.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of throw a dog off the scent (= to cause a dog to lose the smell that leads it to a person or animal)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲