- bum steer
- ,bum `steer noun count INFORMALa piece of false information or bad advice that influences you to do the wrong thing
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
bum steer
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bum steer — {n.} Wrong or misleading directions given naively or on purpose. * /Man, you sure gave me a bum steer when you told me to go north on the highway; you should have sent me south!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
bum steer — {n.} Wrong or misleading directions given naively or on purpose. * /Man, you sure gave me a bum steer when you told me to go north on the highway; you should have sent me south!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
bum steer — noun Etymology: bum (VIII) slang : an instance of false or misleading information or directions especially when purposely so a man who got himself a bum steer … and was attempting to brazen it out rather than admit his error R.H.Rovere * * * bum… … Useful english dictionary
bum steer — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bum steer : singular bum steer plural bum steers informal a piece of false information or bad advice that influences you to do the wrong thing … English dictionary
bum steer — [“bm “stir] n. a false lead; false information. □ You sure gave me a bum steer when you told me who he was. □ We spent all day checking out what turned out to be a bum steer … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bum steer — noun bad advice, regardless of intention. He never, so far as I knew, gave me a bum steer … Wiktionary
bum\ steer — noun Wrong or misleading directions given naively or on purpose. Man, you sure gave me a bum steer when you told me to go north on the highway; you should have sent me south! … Словарь американских идиом
Bum steer — incorrect information or advice, misleading idea or suggested course of action … Dictionary of Australian slang
bum steer — Australian Slang incorrect information or advice, misleading idea or suggested course of action … English dialects glossary
bum steer — noun N. Amer. informal a piece of false information … English new terms dictionary
