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A smoke-cured and salt-brined herring strong enough to turn the flesh red

Action to confuse or conceal

A fabricated story or statement, especially one intended to deceive

A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline

A person or thing used to mislead or lure someone into a trap

The action of turning something aside from its course

A remark or passage, especially in a play that is intended to be heard only by the audience

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Noun

A smoke-cured and salt-brined herring strong enough to turn the flesh red

attention-grabber

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

wild-goose chase

supposed grounds

ostensible reason

oldest trick in the book

course of action

sleight of hand

confidence trick

misrepresentation

underhandedness

monkey business

false appearance

outward appearance

unscrupulousness

confidence game

smoke and mirrors

palace intrigue

bait and switch

irresistible bait

crocodile tears

sanctimoniousness

surreptitiousness

double-crossing

bit of sharp practice

piece of deception

stab in the back

misleading talk

publicity device

eye-catching novelty

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

pretentiousness

treacherousness

mode of conduct

method of working

mode of behaviour

cunning stratagems

instrumentality

every trick in the book

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“However they were uncertain as to whether it was the address of one of the suspects or a red herring.”

Noun

Action to confuse or conceal

pretentiousness

false appearance

smoke and mirrors

outward appearance

window dressing

window-dressing

attractive appearance

outward display

conspiracy of silence

veil of secrecy

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Noun

A fabricated story or statement, especially one intended to deceive

cock and bull story

piece of fiction

trumped-up story

little white lie

alternative fact

flight of fancy

departure from the truth

figment of the imagination

terminological inexactitude

misrepresentation

cock-and-bull story

remarkable story

one for the birds

false statement

figment of imagination

conspiracy theory

economy with the truth

bending of the truth

false information

misleading information

castle in the air

lack of veracity

shaggy-dog story

creation of the brain

imaginativeness

fool's paradise

telling stories

disingenuousness

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

castle in Spain

imaginative faculty

phantom of the mind

creature of the imagination

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

double-crossing

prepared speech

creative thought

mistaken belief

underhandedness

putting on an act

fictitious story

pretentiousness

ostensible reason

little white lies

will-o'-the-wisp

virtual reality

creative writing

work of fiction

works of fiction

lying under oath

wilful falsehood

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

power of invention

wishful thinking

cloud cuckoo land

product of someone's imagination

fanciful notion

flight of imagination

work of imagination

traveller's tale

imaginative power

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

violation of an oath

fraudulent imitation

making false statements

fraudulent copying

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Noun

A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline

Noun

Hopeless case

wild-goose chase

bootless errand

Noun

A person or thing used to mislead or lure someone into a trap

carrot and stick

animal magnetism

captivatingness

come-hither look

attention-grabber

je ne sais quoi

irresistibility

sexual magnetism

prepossessingness

attention-getter

centre of attention^UK

gravitation towards

force of personality

surprise attack

pressurization^US

strength of character

inclination towards

special something

center of attention^US

irresistible influence

pressurisation^UK

motivating force

bee in your bonnet

kick up the backside

shot in the arm

whys and wherefores

the why and wherefore

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Noun

Side issue

Noun

The action of turning something aside from its course

Noun

A remark or passage, especially in a play that is intended to be heard only by the audience

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