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单词 put (or throw) someone off the scent
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put (or throw) someone off the scent

Mislead someone in the course of a search or investigation: it was a ploy to put us off the scent...
  • Either Joss is trying to throw us off the scent… or he is in denial.
  • I'm probably getting paranoid, but are BBC employees trying to throw us off the scent by posting red herrings on these sorts of boards?
  • It is a brilliant way to throw us off the scent, which just reminds us all how vigilant we must be to stopping these evil minds.
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