throw off the scent

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throw off the scent
if you throw someone off the scent, you give them false or confusing information to try to stop them discovering something

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English

throw 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

throw off the scent
v. phr. To mislead; confuse.
The robbers went different ways hoping to throw the sheriff's men off the scent.
Synonym: THROW OFF2.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

throw 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


TahlilGaran Online Dictionary ver 19.0
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