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sold the dummy

sold the dummy is the simple past and past participle of sell the dummy.

Meaning of sell the dummy

Verb

sell the dummy (third-person singular simple present sells the dummy, present participle selling the dummy, simple past and past participle sold the dummy)

  1. To succeed in deceiving an opposing player with a feigned action.

Questions about sold the dummy

What is sold the dummy the simple past and past participle of?
Sold the dummy is the simple past and past participle of sell the dummy.

Words near sold the dummy in the dictionary

  1. sold past the close
  2. sold salt to a slug
  3. sold short
  4. sold snow to Eskimos
  5. sold someone a bill of goods
  6. sold the dummy
  7. sold the family silver
  8. sold the pass
  9. sold up
  10. sold wolf tickets
  11. sold-out

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