send (someone) on a wild goose chase

Translations
заставить (кого-то) гоняться за несуществующим
He sent me on a wild goose chase looking for a shop that doesn't exist.
Он заставил меня гоняться за несуществующим магазином.
Definitions
To send someone on a wild goose chase means to cause them to go on a futile or hopeless search for something that is very difficult or impossible to find, often as a result of misleading information or as a prank.
Words
chase

noun
погоня
goose

noun
гусь
send

verb
отправить
wild

adjective
дикий