Assist and Lead on

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Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Lead on is an antonym for assist.

Lead on verb - To lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage.

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Assist is an antonym for lead on in topics: involve, mislead, provoke, aggravate.

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Lead on and Assist. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assist/lead_on

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