throw/put somebody off the scentESCAPEto give someone false information to prevent them from catching you or discovering something 〔提供错误信息〕使某人失去线索 Was he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth? 是不是因为我快要发现真相了,他就想法儿误导我?
throw/put somebody off the scent• The aspirant towards a more spiritual way of life will be thrown entirely off the scent.• That put them off the scent.• But he'd got to put Graham off the scent.• And why should I try to throw you off the scent?• Or were they trying to put him off the scent?
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