fake out
Example Sentences
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“It says it’s focused on applications, but is that a fake out for an AGI program hidden in the mountains somewhere?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Yet police refrained from telling the public that they believed the plot was fake "out of an abundance of caution", as they continued to receive tip-offs about other related terror plots.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025
The “down low too slow” high-five fake out.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 13, 2024
The subterfuge of such a fake out seems almost human in its cleverness, leading scientists to wonder whether other species are also making use of similar hunting strategies.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
If they were spotted, the plan was to go to school and fake out their schedules as best they could, having neither books in their bags nor musical instruments in their cases.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
