pulls the wool over one's eyes
phrase
as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue He tried to pull the wool over my eyes with some cockamamy story about losing his phone. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tricks
- deceives
- fools
- kids
- pulls one's leg
- sucks in
- leads one up the garden path
- cozens
- takes in
- strings along
- teases
- hornswoggles
- leads one down the garden path
- hoodwinks
- buffaloes
- has on
- gammons
- gulls
- suckers
- juggles
- misleads
- bluffs
- snows
- dupes
- spoofs
- deludes
- snookers
- humbugs
- stings
- cons
- catches
- has
- hoaxes
- misinforms
- does a number on
- fakes out
- misguides
- cheats
- burns
- bamboozles
- gaffs
- beguiles
- puts on
- sticks
- flimflams
- euchres
- gyps
- defrauds
- swindles
- bleeds
- rooks
- shortchanges
- fleeces
- chisels
- skins
- mulcts
- diddles
- squeezes
- hustles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reveals
- undeceives
- exposes
- uncovers
- unmasks
- debunks
- tells
- discloses
- divulges
- unveils
- shows up
- uncloaks
- disabuses
- disenchants
- disillusions