Synonyms for pull a fast one
- eclipse
- excel
- outclass
- outdistance
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- outshine
- outsmart
- outstrip
- surpass
- transcend
- beat
- best
- bulldoze
- bury
- cook
- cream
- defeat
- down
- exceed
- lick
- outrival
- snow
- top
- trash
- blow out of water
- do in
- fake out
- go one better
- leave behind
- outgun
- outjockey
- shake off
- shoot ahead
Antonyms for pull a fast one
WORD ORIGIN
Old English fæst "firmly fixed, steadfast, secure, enclosed," probably from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (cf. Old Frisian fest, Old Norse fastr, Dutch vast, German fest), from PIE root *past- "firm" (cf. Sanskrit pastyam "dwelling place").
The adverb meaning "quickly, swiftly" was perhaps in Old English, or from Old Norse fast, either way developing from the sense of "firmly, strongly, vigorously" (cf. to run hard means to run fast; also compare fast asleep), or perhaps from the notion of a runner who "sticks" close to whatever he is chasing.
The sense of "living an unrestrained life" (usually of women) is from 1746 (fast living is from 1745). Fast buck recorded from 1947; fast food is first attested 1951. Fast-forward first recorded 1948. Fast lane is by 1966; the fast track originally was in horse-racing (1934); figurative sense by 1960s. To fast talk someone (v.) is recorded by 1946.