Lead By The Nose

[v] conceal one's true motives from esp. by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

Synonyms

bamboozle, hoodwink, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow

Related Terms

affect, bend, bestride, bias, color, dictate, dispose, dominate, have subject, have the ascendancy, hypnotize, incline, induce, influence, lead, make putty of, master, mesmerize, move, persuade, play first fiddle, predispose, predominate, preponderate, pr