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What is sold up the garden path?To be humiliated by your opponent in an activity of competitive nature, or to be conned or outsmarted by something/someone. If one was to beat another at a sport such as pool, and said person beat the other by "8-balling" him, then he could've been said to have been "sold up the garden path" by the victor. sold up the garden path - videoSold up the garden path - what is it?This seems to be a mixture of "led down the garden path" (meaning misled) and "sold up the river" (meaning "handed over to law enforcement", slang derived from the fact that Sing-Sing state prison is "up the (Hudson?) river" from New York City). The enthusiastic young first-time buyer was led down the garden path by the unscrupulous used-car salesman. |
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