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Verb: pull the wool over someone's eyes
Usage: informal
  1. Deceive or trick someone, especially through deliberate misrepresentation
    - bamboozle [informal], snow [N. Amer, informal], hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false

Derived forms: pulled the wool over someone's eyes, pulling the wool over someone's eyes, pulls the wool over someone's eyes

Type of: betray, deceive, lead astray