lead (someone) on a merry chase

Übersetzungen
водить (кого-то) за нос
The suspect led the police on a merry chase through the city.
Подозреваемый водил полицию за нос по всему городу.
Definitionen
To deliberately make someone pursue or search for something in a complicated, confusing, or difficult way, often as a form of evasion or playful trickery.