pull the wool over someone's eyes
pull the wool over someone's eyes · pulls the wool over someone's eyes · pulled the wool over someone's eyes · pulling the wool over someone's eyes
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To deceive someoneTo deceive someone.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To deceive someone.
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More definitions
- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Translations
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By meaning 1
to deceive someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to deceive someone:
Forms
pulls the wool over someone's eyes, pulling the wool over someone's eyes, pulled the wool over someone's eyes, pulled the wool over someone's eyes| Base form | pull the wool over someone's eyes · to pull the wool over someone's eyes |
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| 3rd person singular | pulls the wool over someone's eyes |
| Present participle | pulling the wool over someone's eyes |
| Past simple | pulled the wool over someone's eyes |
| Past participle | pulled the wool over someone's eyes |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | pull the wool over someone's eyes |
| he, she, it | pulls the wool over someone's eyes |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | pulled the wool over someone's eyes |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have pulled the wool over someone's eyes |
| he, she, it | has pulled the wool over someone's eyes |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will pull the wool over someone's eyes |
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end:bamboozlesnowhoodwinklead by the noseplay false
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle