put/throw (someone) off the scent

if you throw someone off the scent, you give them false or confusing information to try to stop them discovering something.

The police were thrown off the scent for a while by false evidence given by two of the witnesses.

• pick someone's brains
• pick someone's pocket
• pick someone to pieces
• pick someone up
• would give you the shirt off back
• would give you the shirt off their back
• would just as soon
• would not be caught dead
• would not do something for all the tea in China
• would not for all the tea in China
• wouldn't be caught dead
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• wouldn't dream of
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• wouldn't say boo to a goose
• would see in hell before would
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