play a trick on
Example Sentences
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But unbeknownst to the guesser, the group has decided to play a trick on him.
From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2018
The therapist taught me breathing exercises and how to play a trick on my mind: as soon as I felt an attack coming on, I had to start a drill.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2015
He used 2-D line drawings of women in dresses to show that horizontal stripes play a trick on our eyes, making people look taller and thinner.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2012
And all you have to do is play a trick on the desperate and jobless!
From Inc • Jul. 22, 2010
Once she tried to play a trick on some of the dead Scholars, by switching around the coins in their skulls so they were with the wrong daemons.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
