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fooled
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch, snare; trick |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, ambush, beguile, box in, circumvent, collar, corner*, corral*, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land*, mousetrap, nab, nail, net, overtake, rope in, seduce, snag, suck in, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, trip up |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | welsh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renege, swindle |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beat around the bush, bilk, cheat, con, cop out, deceive, defraud, dodge, duck, dupe, fleece, flimflam, fool, gull, hoodwink, pull a fast one, rip off, sandbag, scam, shaft, slip out, stiff*, sting*, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, weasel, worm one's way out of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overreach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outwit |
| Synonyms: | beat, bilk, cheat, fool, outsmart, rook |
| Main Entry: | rook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | betray, bilk, cheat, con, deceive, fool, hoodwink, scam, swindle |
| Main Entry: | gull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, deceive, defraud, dupe, fool, gyp, hoodwink, mislead, trick |
| Main Entry: | hornswoggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, deceive, dupe, fool, snow, swindle, trick |
| Main Entry: | twiddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle |
| Synonyms: | dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger*, fool, handle*, interfere, mess around, mess*, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, tinker, touch*, toy, trifle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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