pull the wool over someone's eyes

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Verb pull the wool over someone's eyes has 1 sense

bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
--₁ is one way to deceive, betray, lead astray
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

Definitions from the Web

Pull the wool over someone's eyes

Part of speech: Phrase

Senses:

To deceive or trick someone
To delude or mislead someone

Usages:

Popular:

He tried to pull the wool over his roommate's eyes by pretending to study while he was actually planning a surprise party.

Local:

The salesman pulled the wool over the customer's eyes by selling him a faulty product.

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