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pull a fast one on



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“It’s not because they’re trying to pull a fast one on their landlords.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

I don’t think your aunt is trying to pull a fast one on you, but I do think she got her estimate a different way.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2022

The actor leaned into his character -- office funnyman Jim Halpert -- and recruited Ferry to pull a fast one on Daniels, 57, buy tricking him into letting Krasinski wear a wig.

From Fox News • Jul. 3, 2020

A sneaky British couple tries to pull a fast one on the U.K. edition of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” in the fact-based miniseries “Quiz.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2020

He'd think you were trying to pull a fast one on him.

From Project Mastodon by Simak, Clifford D.




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