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[Alan]

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Hi Pravin,

'Red herring' is the expression and it is used to mean a piece of false information that misleads you and takes you away from what you are looking for.

Look at this: He told the police that he had seen a man in a white suit after the bank had been robbed but it turned out to be a red herring.

It comes from the practice of dragging a strong smelling fish across a path to confuse hunting dogs.

Alan
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