Idiom
bum steer
Meaning
Bad advice or information, regardless of intention.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He gave me a bum steer about the best way to get there.”
“I followed his directions to the store, but he gave me a bum steer and I ended up in the wrong neighborhood.”
“The analyst realized too late that the leaked report was a bum steer, leading the entire firm to make a disastrous investment.”
Examples
simple
“He gave me a bum steer about the best way to get there.”
contextual
“I followed his directions to the store, but he gave me a bum steer and I ended up in the wrong neighborhood.”
complex
“The analyst realized too late that the leaked report was a bum steer, leading the entire firm to make a disastrous investment.”
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