put (one) off the trail

To misdirect one away from their pursuit; to steer one's investigation or suspicions in the wrong direction. The mafia accountant managed to put the authorities off the trail of the mob's money laundering for years, but they finally caught up with him after an anonymous source tipped them off. That outlier data put me off the trail for a while, but I think my research is back on solid ground now.

词组	put (one) off the trail
释义	put (one) off the trail put (one) off the trail To misdirect one away from their pursuit; to steer one's investigation or suspicions in the wrong direction. The mafia accountant managed to put the authorities off the trail of the mob's money laundering for years, but they finally caught up with him after an anonymous source tipped them off. That outlier data put me off the trail for a while, but I think my research is back on solid ground now. See also: off, put, trail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: put (one) off the track put off the track throw (one) off the scent throw (one) off the track throw off the track throw someone off the scent throw (someone) off the trail pull the wool over (one's) eyes pull the wool over eyes pull the wool over somebody's eyes
随便看	run rings round (someone or something) run riot run riot, to run roughshod over (someone or something) run round in circles run scared run short run short of (something) run somebody ragged run somebody/something close run somebody/something into the ground run somebody/something to earth/ground run someone close run someone in run (someone or something) close run (someone or something) to earth run someone or something to earth raise (one's) sights raise one's sights raise (one's) spirits raise (one's) voice raise one's voice raiser raise sights raise (some/a few) eyebrows