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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
"lead them a dance"
Hello everybody!
While reading a text i found this sentence I can not figure its meaning out:
"...till we get the chance to drop unnoticed, or to dodge down a side street, pause, breathe freely and take oru bearings, or to push ahead, out-distance our shadows, lead them a dance, so that, when at length they catch up with us, they look at one another askance, knowing we have a secret we shall never share."
Has "leading a dance" a meaning appart form the usual meaning of dancing?
Thanks in advance.
Lo.
While reading a text i found this sentence I can not figure its meaning out:
"...till we get the chance to drop unnoticed, or to dodge down a side street, pause, breathe freely and take oru bearings, or to push ahead, out-distance our shadows, lead them a dance, so that, when at length they catch up with us, they look at one another askance, knowing we have a secret we shall never share."
Has "leading a dance" a meaning appart form the usual meaning of dancing?
Thanks in advance.
Lo.
Top answer
a merry dance"); British English: cause someone a great deal of trouble or worry.
- a merry dance"); British English: cause someone a great deal of trouble or worry.
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From a dictionary:
"lead someone a dance" (or "...a merry dance"); British English: cause someone a great deal of trouble or worry.
"lead someone a dance" (or "...a merry dance"); British English: cause someone a great deal of trouble or worry.
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