She was devastated when she found out that he didn't really love her, and had only been 'leading' her 'on'. [=he had been leading her to believe that he loved her]
It turned out that he had been 'leading a double life'. [=deceiving people about his life, not telling the whole truth about his life]
The judge made it quite clear that the lawyers were not permitted to ask witnesses 'leading questions'.
(..) Okay, I've been thinking a lot about what you said, earlier. I hope you're not still talking about the stars. Floating lights, and yes I'm leading up to that. Because I really thought we dropped the issue, sweetheart. No Mother, I'm just saying, you think I'm not strong enough (..)2010 Tangled