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Present participle for to cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

Present participle for to evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery

Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

Present participle for to fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution

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Present participle for to cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

pulling a fast one on

pulling a swifty on

taking to the cleaners

doing someone in the eye

leading up the garden path

giving someone a bum steer

selling a bill of goods to

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

selling down the river

leading down the garden path

selling a bill of goods

balking^US

baulking^UK

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

putting the screws to

sucking the life out of

getting the better of

pulling someone's leg

stealing someone blind

rooking out of

bleeding someone of something

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

biasing^US

biassing^UK

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

wrong steering

giving the wrong impression

sending on a wild goose chase

putting on the wrong track

playing trick on

putting on an act

leading up garden path

putting on false front

throwing off the scent

stage-managing

twisting around your little finger

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

finding a loophole in

exploiting a loophole in

putting someone up to something

playing fast and loose with

slipping something over on

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

playing someone false

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

going one better than

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

saying something untrue

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling a falsehood

telling stories

bearing false witness

breaking promise

telling untruths

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“After befriending his elderly neighbor, the cunning teenager attempted to bilk her out of her life savings with a fake investment scheme.”

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Present participle for to evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery

giving something a miss

throwing off the scent

keeping out of the way of

keeping at arm's length

shying from

turning back on

giving a wide berth to

extricating oneself from

balking^US

baulking^UK

slipping through your fingers

slipping through the net of

keeping your distance

leading on a merry chase

giving the runaround

escaping the clutches of

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Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

baulking^UK

balking^US

putting the kibosh on

putting the mockers on

giving the slip

upsetting the applecart

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

putting the stopper on

taking down

playing off

cooking someone's goose

throwing a spanner in the works

halting in its tracks

throwing monkey wrench in

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

standing in the way of

taking the wind out of your sails

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

getting in the way of

putting a wrench in the works

giving the run around

putting a spanner in the works

beating someone to the draw

beating someone to the punch

keeping from happening

beating someone to it

throwing a spoke in the wheel of

getting the better of

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

putting the brakes on

putting the damper on

taking wind out of sails

throwing cold water on

bogging down

keeping at arm's length

pouring cold water on

holding over

backing off

putting back

bringing to screeching halt

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

dragging through the mud

pulling in

slackening pace

keeping under control

keeping a lid on

biting back

queering the pitch of

putting on back burner

throwing a monkey wrench into

bringing to a standstill

slipping through your fingers

throwing off the scent

slipping through the net

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Present participle for to fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

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Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

giving someone the brush-off

giving someone the go-by

having no part of

having nothing to do with

keeping one's distance from

telling someone where to get off

balking at

cutting dead

freezing out

giving a wide berth to

giving the cold shoulder

shaking off

palming off

giving the bum's rush

giving the cold shoulder to

leaving out in the cold

handing someone the frozen mitt

turning your back on

othering

debarring

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

keeping at arm's length

having nothing more to do with

acting cool

swearing off

breaking with

washing your hands of

looking straight through

giving the brushoff

giving someone the air

icing out

giving someone the big E

giving something a miss

pretending not to see

pooh-poohing

renouncing

making unwelcome

turning up one's nose

leaving in the cold

refusing to abide by

refusing to recognize

withholding patronage

placing an embargo on

refusing to take part in

looking through

taking no notice of

cutting out

not giving time of day

sloughing off

blowing off

leaving off

giving someone the push

giving the elbow

binning off

paying no attention to

making light of

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