lead to believe

lead to believe
index assure (give confidence to), convert (persuade), convince, persuade

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Believe (Disturbed album) — Believe Studio album by Disturbed Released September 17, 2002 …   Wikipedia

  • Believe (Cher song) — Believe Single by Cher from the album Believe B side …   Wikipedia

  • lead on — {v. phr.} To encourage you to believe something untrue or mistaken. * /Tom led us on to believe that he was a world traveler, but we found out that he had never been outside our state./ * /We were led on to think that Jeanne and Jim were engaged… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lead on — {v. phr.} To encourage you to believe something untrue or mistaken. * /Tom led us on to believe that he was a world traveler, but we found out that he had never been outside our state./ * /We were led on to think that Jeanne and Jim were engaged… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lead — Ⅰ. lead [1] ► VERB (past and past part. led) 1) cause (a person or animal) to go with one, especially by drawing them along or by preceding them to a destination. 2) be a route or means of access: the street led into the square. 3) (lead to)… …   English terms dictionary

  • lead somebody on — ˌlead sb ˈon derived (informal) to make sb believe sth which is not true, especially that you love them or find them attractive Main entry: ↑leadderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • lead somebody up the garden path — lead sb up/down the garden ˈpath idiom to make sb believe sth which is not true Main entry: ↑leadidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • lead somebody down the garden path — lead sb up/down the garden ˈpath idiom to make sb believe sth which is not true Main entry: ↑leadidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • lead — lead1 W1S1 [li:d] v past tense and past participle led [led] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take somebody somewhere)¦ 2¦(go in front)¦ 3¦(be in charge)¦ 4¦(cause something to happen)¦ 5¦(cause somebody to believe something)¦ 6¦(influence)¦ 7¦(be more successful)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Believe in Me (album) — Infobox Album Name = Believe in Me Type = Album Artist = Duff McKagan Released = September 28, 1993 Recorded = 1993 Genre = Hard rock Length = Label = Geffen Records Producer = Duff McKagan, Jim Mitchell Band Members = Duff McKagen, Aaron A.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”