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单词 sucks 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

sucks in

verb

present tense third-person singular of suck in
as in tricks
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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  • tricks
  • deceives
  • fools
  • takes in
  • suckers
  • kids
  • has on
  • strings along
  • misleads
  • teases
  • cozens
  • deludes
  • pulls the wool over one's eyes
  • pulls one's leg
  • misinforms
  • bluffs
  • has
  • fakes out
  • hoaxes
  • hornswoggles
  • dupes
  • juggles
  • cheats
  • snows
  • cons
  • misguides
  • humbugs
  • beguiles
  • leads one up the garden path
  • does a number on
  • catches
  • burns
  • buffaloes
  • spoofs
  • gammons
  • gulls
  • puts on
  • gaffs
  • stings
  • leads one down the garden path
  • snookers
  • bamboozles
  • hoodwinks
  • shortchanges
  • sticks
  • flimflams
  • defrauds
  • bleeds
  • mulcts
  • swindles
  • squeezes
  • fleeces
  • hustles
  • euchres
  • rooks
  • chisels
  • skins
  • diddles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undeceives
  • reveals
  • exposes
  • uncovers
  • discloses
  • shows up
  • unmasks
  • debunks
  • tells
  • divulges
  • unveils
  • disabuses
  • uncloaks
  • disillusions
  • disenchants
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