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Phrase(s): lead someone or an animal to something
to guide someone or an animal to something or some place. • Would you lead Paul to the place where the trunks are kept? • The cat is so old that we had to lead her to her food., Phrase(s): lead someone to do something
Fig. to cause someone to do something. • This agent led me to purchase a worthless piece of land. • My illness led me to quit my job.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs