| 单词 | throw/put somebody off the scent |
| 释义 | throw/put somebody off the scent From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrow/put somebody off the scentthrow/put somebody off the scentESCAPEto give someone false information to prevent them from catching you or discovering somethingWas he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth? → scentExamples from the Corpusthrow/put somebody off the scent• The aspirant towards a more spiritual way of life will be thrown entirely off the scent.• That put them off the scent.• But he'd got to put Graham off the scent.• And why should I try to throw you off the scent?• Or were they trying to put him off the scent? |
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