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throw off the scent (Anglophile); put on the wrong scent (Anglophile) | |||
put sb. on the wrong scent ("But he must be alive, Mr. Holmes." "Unless this is a clever forgery to put us on the wrong scent." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) | |||
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put off the scent; put on the wrong track |