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faked out

faked out is the simple past and past participle of fake out.

Meaning of fake out

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

Questions about faked out

What is faked out the simple past and past participle of?
Faked out is the simple past and past participle of fake out.

Words near faked out in the dictionary

  1. faked bad
  2. faked good
  3. faked it
  4. faked it till one made it
  5. faked it until one made it
  6. faked out
  7. faked the fatcha
  8. faked up
  9. fakeer
  10. fakeers
  11. fakefan

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