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selling someone a bill of goods

selling someone a bill of goods is the present participle and gerund of sell someone a bill of goods.

Meaning of sell someone a bill of goods

Verb

sell someone a bill of goods (third-person singular simple present sells someone a bill of goods, present participle selling someone a bill of goods, simple past and past participle sold someone a bill of goods)

  1. (idiomatic) To deceive or cheat someone.
    • "He showed no knowledge of his subject," McCarran told newsmen. ". . . Someone must have sold him a bill of goods."1953 June 16, “McCarran Raps Ike Speech at Dartmouth”, in Rome News-Tribune, US, retrieved 21 Jun 2009, page 3
    Synonyms:
    misinform

Questions about selling someone a bill of goods

What is selling someone a bill of goods the present participle and gerund of?
Selling someone a bill of goods is the present participle and gerund of sell someone a bill of goods.

Words near selling someone a bill of goods in the dictionary

  1. selling price
  2. selling prices
  3. selling salt to a slug
  4. selling short
  5. selling snow to Eskimos
  6. selling someone a bill of goods
  7. selling the dummy
  8. selling the family silver
  9. selling the pass
  10. selling up
  11. selling wolf tickets

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