'To lead one a dance' definitions:

Definition of 'To lead one a dance'

From: GCIDE
  • Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]
  • 1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. [1913 Webster]
  • Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton.
  • Morris dance. See Morris.
  • To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood. [1913 Webster]