pull wool over
Example Sentences
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You kind of say to your audience, “We know you know this isn’t real; we’re not trying to pull wool over your eyes.”
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2020
“Because he’s a businessman, nobody can pull wool over his eyes when it comes to negotiations,” said John Kotse, 68, a retired lab technician.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2018
But of course Grandma was putting on the best show possible to pull wool over the reporter’s eyes.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
You're modest and well-mannered, and you've got too much sense to try again to pull wool over my eyes, even if you're wicked enough to want to, which I don't believe.
From Nobody by W. L. Jacobs
Does he think he can pull wool over the eyes of Phil Stark?
From Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience by Horatio Alger
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