HyperDic: play_false

English > 1 sense of the expression play false:
VERBcommunicationplay false, bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the noseconceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
English > play false: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningconceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Synonymsbamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose
Broaderdeceive, betray, lead astrayCause someone to believe an untruth
Spanishconfundir, engañar, tomar el pelo

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