psych out
Example Sentences
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A lot of those moves were modeled on Muhammad Ali’s, especially his psych-out job on Sonny Liston.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2020
Nick's uncanny talent puts him in the same category as all of your favorite mentalists, psych-out artists, mnemonic superfreaks, intuitive geniuses, and human lie detectors enforcing the law elsewhere on television.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2011
Across the field, Vanessa is making a show of getting into her blocks, running through her psych-out routine.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
I think it hard, trying to cancel Vanessa’s psych-out.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
