- 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. 2015.
bum steer
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bum steer — noun count INFORMAL a piece of false information or bad advice that influences you to do the wrong thing … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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 — 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
