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Make them follow electrical cable through the bouquet (4,2,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

lead by the nose

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'make them follow electrical' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'cable through the bouquet' is the wordplay.
'cable' becomes 'lead' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'through' becomes 'by'.
'bouquet' becomes 'nose' (I've seen this before).
'lead'+'by'+'the'+'nose'='LEAD BY THE NOSE'

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(Other definitions for lead by the nose that I've seen before include "Fool" , "Make (someone) follow submissively" , "Dominate" , "Control (someone) totally" , "Cause to obey submissively" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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