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pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull the wool over someone's eyes verb: to deceive someone.

Verb

pull the wool over someone's eyes (third-person singular simple present pulls the wool over someone's eyes, present participle pulling the wool over someone's eyes, simple past and past participle pulled the wool over someone's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To deceive someone.

Forms of pull the wool over someone's eyes

third-person singular presentpulls the wool over someone's eyes
present participlepulling the wool over someone's eyes
past participlepulled the wool over someone's eyes
pastpulled the wool over someone's eyes
alternative formpull wool over someone's eyes

Questions about pull the wool over someone's eyes

What does pull the wool over someone's eyes mean?
Pull the wool over someone's eyes means to deceive someone.
What part of speech is pull the wool over someone's eyes?
Pull the wool over someone's eyes is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull the wool over someone's eyes?
The past tense of pull the wool over someone's eyes is pulled the wool over someone's eyes.

Words near pull the wool over someone's eyes in the dictionary

  1. pull the rug out from under
  2. pull the shutters down
  3. pull the string
  4. pull the trigger
  5. pull the wires
  6. pull the wool over someone's eyes
  7. pull through
  8. pull throughs
  9. pull time
  10. pull times
  11. pull to pieces

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