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
No 10 must develop "more emotional intelligence", and fast, one MP argues.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 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
In 2018, the people gave the Legislature a swift course correction when it tried to pull a fast one by exempting itself from the Public Records Act.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023
It’s not that they necessarily stole it from us or pulled a fast one.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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