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garden path

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  • noun A sentence that is easily incorrectly parsed on a first read, due to ambiguity of a word or words.

Etymologies

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From the idiom "to be led down a garden path"

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relateds (2)

relateds

  1. lead down a garden path
  2. lead up the garden path

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