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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

Example Sentences

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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

Don't ye try to pull wool over my eyes!

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

It would not do to let Mrs. Herne, clever as she was, pull wool over his eyes.

From The Secret Passage by Hume, Fergus

pull wool over

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