/ · 1894 Brewer’s · L · Lead (pronounce leed)
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(Anglo-Saxon læd-an.)
To lead apes in hell. (See Apes.)
To lead by the nose. (See under Nose.)
To lead one a pretty dance. (See under Dance.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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