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单词 sucked in
释义

suck in

verb

sucked in; sucking in; sucks in

transitive verb

1
: dupe, hoodwink
2
: to contract, flatten, and tighten (the abdomen) especially by inhaling deeply

Synonyms

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • delude
  • dupe
  • fake out
  • fool
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • gull
  • have
  • have on [chiefly British]
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • juggle
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • string along
  • sucker
  • take in
  • trick
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Example Sentences

she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

sucked in

verb

past tense of suck in
as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deceived
  • tricked
  • fooled
  • strung along
  • teased
  • faked out
  • misled
  • had on
  • suckered
  • gammoned
  • misguided
  • duped
  • deluded
  • juggled
  • misinformed
  • kidded
  • snookered
  • snowed
  • cheated
  • stung
  • bamboozled
  • caught
  • pulled one's leg
  • humbugged
  • took in
  • hoaxed
  • bluffed
  • burnt
  • gaffed
  • put on
  • had
  • conned
  • pulled the wool over one's eyes
  • hoodwinked
  • beguiled
  • spoofed
  • burned
  • buffaloed
  • cozened
  • gulled
  • led one up the garden path
  • did a number on
  • hornswoggled
  • led one down the garden path
  • stuck
  • shortchanged
  • defrauded
  • euchred
  • hustled
  • swindled
  • mulcted
  • fleeced
  • bled
  • squeezed
  • skinned
  • chiseled
  • flimflammed
  • diddled
  • rooked
  • chiselled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undeceived
  • exposed
  • revealed
  • uncovered
  • disclosed
  • debunked
  • unmasked
  • divulged
  • showed up
  • unveiled
  • disillusioned
  • disenchanted
  • told
  • disabused
  • uncloaked
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