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pull wool over

VERB

trick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bamboozle cheat con deceive defraud delude dupe hoodwink mislead swindle victimize

STRONG

catch fake flimflam gull hoax hocus-pocus jive outwit rook trap

WEAK

disinform double-deal impose upon play for a fool put one over on set up take for a ride take in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be honest help protect

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You kind of say to your audience, “We know you know this isn’t real; we’re not trying to pull wool over your eyes.”

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2020

“Because he’s a businessman, nobody can pull wool over his eyes when it comes to negotiations,” said John Kotse, 68, a retired lab technician.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2018

But of course Grandma was putting on the best show possible to pull wool over the reporter’s eyes.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Only don't think that you can pull wool over my eyes to-morrow.

From The Created Legend by Cournos, John

For I will be honest with you, and not, like most story-tellers, try to pull wool over your eyes all the way through.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various

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