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pull wool over

VERB
trick
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bamboozle cheat con deceive defraud delude dupe hoodwink mislead swindle victimize
STRONG
catch fake flimflam gull hoax hocus-pocus jive outwit rook trap
WEAK
disinform double-deal impose upon play for a fool put one over on set up take for a ride take in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be honest help protect

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

Now to see whether the edifice I had builded had but a foundation of sand, or whether Wildred had merely been clever enough to pull wool over the eyes of the police.

From The House by the Lock by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

"Yah! let him pull wool over your eyes!" he cried.

From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert