fast one
Example Sentences
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Instead, only the foreman signed off on it — the legal equivalent of pulling a fast one on the judicial process.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
After so many slow starts, the Lions must have craved a fast one - and they made it happen.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
A publicist friend texted me afterward: “That’s where Culkin belongs. If you gave him lead, you’d be saying that he was trying to pull a fast one by going supporting.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025
Earlier this year, while Musk captured the world’s attention in the aftermath of his contentious Twitter takeover, Tesla Motors quietly pulled a fast one.
From Slate • Sep. 27, 2023
“Lying? Pulling a fast one? That’d be a mighty low thing for me to do, wouldn’t you say?”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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