verb
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
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He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
• Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑lead by the nose, ↑play false
• Hypernyms: ↑deceive, ↑betray, ↑lead astray
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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(informal)
DECEIVE, fool, trick, hoodwink, dupe, delude; informal lead up the garden path, put one over on, bamboozle, con.
→ wool
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pull the wool over someone’s eyes phrase
to try to trick or cheat someone by giving them wrong information
You’re not pulling the wool over my eyes – I know what you’re trying to do.
Thesaurus: to cheat or trick someonesynonym
Main entry: pull
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Isee wool
II
deceive someone by telling untruths
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pull the wool over someone's eyes — see ↑wool
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Main Entry: ↑eye
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pull the wool over someone's eyes
informal : to trick or deceive someone : to hide the truth from someone
He was too clever to let them pull the wool over his eyes.
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Main Entry: ↑wool
Useful english dictionary. 2012.