fake out
Example Sentences
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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
Near the end of the run, Fiske made a terrific move to fake out a would-be tackler.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
The “down low too slow” high-five fake out.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 13, 2024
With their driver seats on the right-hand side, “they help to fake out the Russian snipers,” Ms. Litynska said.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022
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
