pull the wool over someone's eyes

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pull the wool over someone's eyes Definition

• (v) 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"

pull the wool over someone's eyes Synonyms

• bamboozle
• hoodwink
• lead by the nose
• play false
• pull the wool over someone's eyes
• snow