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fake out

fake out verb: to deceive, mislead, or trick (someone).

Verb

fake out (third-person singular simple present fakes out, present participle faking out, simple past and past participle faked out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To deceive, mislead, or trick (someone).
    • Rhyder, who police later concluded had been faking them out during the pursuit by reaching into his pants several times for a gun, actually had been searching frantically for the weapon.1989 November 16, Kristin Casler, “Police Recover Stolen Gun”, in The Morning Call, Pennsylvania, USA, retrieved 14 Jan 2012, page B1
    • There’s no reason for the catcher to try to spoof the ump, fake him out, in that situation. . . . There’s no need for deception.2005 October 13, King Kaufman, “King Kaufman’s Sports Daily”, in salon.com, retrieved 14 Jan 2012

Forms of fake out

third-person singular presentfakes out
present participlefaking out
past participlefaked out
pastfaked out

Words formed from fake out

Questions about fake out

What does fake out mean?
Fake out means to deceive, mislead, or trick (someone).
What part of speech is fake out?
Fake out is a verb.
What is the past tense of fake out?
The past tense of fake out is faked out.

Words near fake out in the dictionary

  1. fake good
  2. fake it
  3. fake it till one makes it
  4. fake it until one makes it
  5. fake news
  6. fake out
  7. fake PNG
  8. fake Shemp
  9. fake Shemps
  10. fake tan
  11. fake the fatcha

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