#Idioms:

✏️ give someone a bum steer (US)

🔸Meaning: to provide someone with misleading information (knowingly or unknowingly).

🔹Example: "The bus driver gave us a bum steer and we ended up miles from where we wanted to go."

◈ Origin: A combination of "bum" = false; phony and "steer" = guidance, as in the steering of a car.