lead someone on
phrasal verb with lead verb uk/liːd/ us/liːd/ led uk/led/ us/led/
disapproving
误导（某人）;蒙骗（某人）
to persuade someone to believe something that is untrue
All that time she'd been leading him on (= pretending she liked him), but she was only interested in his money. 那时她一直都在假装喜欢他，但她只对他的钱感兴趣。