HyperDic: pull_the_wool_over_someone[s_eyes

English > 1 sense of the expression *pull the wool over someone's eyes*:
VERB	communication	pull the wool over someone's eyes, bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false	conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

English > *pull the wool over someone's eyes*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false
Broader	deceive, betray, lead astray	Cause someone to believe an untruth
Spanish	confundir, engañar, tomar el pelo