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, ↑pull the wool over someone's eyes, ↑play false
• Hypernyms: ↑deceive, ↑betray, ↑lead astray
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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phrasal : to cause to obey or follow meekly or submissively
leads her husband by the nose
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lead by the nose
To make (someone) follow submissively
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Main Entry: ↑lead
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lead by the nose see under ↑lead1
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Main Entry: ↑nose
Useful english dictionary. 2012.