pull the wool over someone eyes
71beguile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delude, deceive; amuse, divert. See deception, pleasure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deceive] Syn. mislead, trick, delude, hoodwink; see deceive , tempt . 2. [To charm] Syn. delight, divert, amuse,… …
72bluff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cliff, bank, headland; hoax. v. mislead; brag; intimidate. See boasting, deception, vertical. adj. frank, abrupt. See discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. outspoken, crusty, hearty; see abrupt 2 …
73humbug — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deceiver, imposter, pretender; deception, hoax, fraud; charlatanry. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Deception] Syn. lie, fraud, hoax, sham; see deception 1 , fake , nonsense . 2. [An impostor]… …
74cozen — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, deceive, delude, double cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal: bamboozle, have …
75four-flush — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal:… …
76delude — verb Arthur s children were convinced that his young bride was deluding him Syn: mislead, deceive, fool, take in, trick, dupe, hoodwink, gull, lead on; informal con, pull the wool over someone s eyes, lead up the garden path, take for a ride,… …
77pretext — (n.) 1510s, from L. praetextum a pretext, originally neuter pp. of praetexere to disguise, cover, from prae in front + texere to weave (Cf. pull the wool over someone s eyes); from PIE root *tek make (see TEXTURE (Cf. texture)) …
78deceive — verb Syn: trick, cheat, defraud, swindle, hoodwink, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, fool; informal con, pull the wool over someone s eyes; N.Amer.; informal sucker, goldbrick; Austral.; informal rort …
79eye — eye1 W1S1 [aı] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for seeing with)¦ 2¦(way of seeing/understanding)¦ 3 keep an eye on something/somebody 4 have/keep your eye on somebody 5 eye contact 6 keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something …
80eye — 1 /aI/ noun (C) BODY PART 1 one of the two parts of the body that people and animals use to see: Annie has blue eyes. | Close your eyes and count to ten. 2 blue eyed/one eyed/bright eyed/wide eyed etc having blue eyes, one eye, bright eyes, eyes… …
