What does it mean when one leads another on?

Question

What does it mean when one leads another on?

Answer 1

okay... so say you hate this person but you nice to them cuz you don't wanna hurt them... that is 'leading them on' to thinking that you don't have a problem with them...

same with flirting... when you don't mean to, then they ask you out cuz you were leading them on to think that you liked them more than a friend....

Answer 2

That's when a person acts in a way which allows another to believe they're approaching their objective, usually when they aren't. A person is allowed to fool theirself.

Answer 3

To encourage somebody else to do something that they should not be doing