Usually means: Sentence leads reader toward misunderstanding.
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  1. garden-path: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. garden-path: Wordnik
  3. garden-path: Dictionary.com
  4. garden-path: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. garden-path: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (garden-path)

▸ verb:  (linguistics) To mislead with a garden path sentence.

Similar:
mislead, lead on, undirect, periphrase, misguide, phrasemonger, throw off the trail, mislight, fence, spoof, more...

Phrases:
garden-path sentence, more...

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Similar:
mislead, lead on, undirect, periphrase, misguide, phrasemonger, throw off the trail, mislight, fence, spoof, more...

Phrases:
garden-path sentence, more...



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