All lead by the nose antonyms

verb lead by the nose

• obey — to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• submit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
• go along — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• serve — to act as a servant.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
• misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• misguide — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
• fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.