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English verb: pull the wool over someone's eyes | |||
| 1. | pull the wool over someone's eyes (communication) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | ||
| Samples | He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well. | ||
| Synonyms | bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, snow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | betray, deceive, lead astray | ||
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