red herring
noun
1 red herring
Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue.
Dutch: bokking
2 red herring
3 red herring
A first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus:
— Because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring.
synonym: preliminary prospectus.
Moby thesaurus: anguille, art, artful dodge, artifice, blind, caviar, chicanery, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, cute trick, deceit, design, device, dodge, eel, expedient, fakement, feint ... show more.
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