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faking out

faking out is the present participle and gerund 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 faking out

What is faking out the present participle and gerund of?
Faking out is the present participle and gerund of fake out.

Words near faking out in the dictionary

  1. faking bad
  2. faking good
  3. faking it
  4. faking it till one makes it
  5. faking it until one makes it
  6. faking out
  7. faking the fatcha
  8. faking up
  9. fakings
  10. fakir
  11. fakirism

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