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To cause to believe what is untrue

To be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner)

Stretch the truth

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

To evade by cleverness or trickery

Give the runaround

To lie in wait for and attack by surprise

To prove to be false

Sexual assault by force; act of plunder

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Verb

To cause to believe what is untrue

lead someone on

put one over on

take to the cleaners

pull a swifty on

take advantage of

take for a ride

take to cleaners

pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull a fast one on

lead up the garden path

outmanoeuvre^UK

pull a fast one

pull the wool over somebody's eyes

give someone a bum steer

lead one down the garden path

pull the wool over one's eyes

do the dirty on

sell down the river

take someone for a ride

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

break faith with

stab in the back

sell a bill of goods

steal a march on

take someone in

lead down the garden path

get the better of

lead up garden path

sell a bill of goods to

stretch the truth

be economical with the truth

pull somebody's leg

send on a wild goose chase

be unfaithful to

play games with

propagandize^US

give the wrong impression

propagandise^UK

play a trick on

have someone on

pull someone's leg

fall short of expectations

put on false front

bait and switch

give wrong information to

put up smoke screen

put one over on someone

do someone in the eye

pull a fast one on someone

pull wool over eyes

run rings round

depart from the truth

make up a story

bear false witness

not tell the truth

make rings round

lay it on thick

tell a terminological inexactitude

be cleverer than

forswear yourself

make a monkey of

make somebody look an idiot

do someone dirty

worm one's way out of

beat around the bush

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

sell someone down the river

slip something over on

put something over on

play a prank on

make a sucker of

play a practical joke on

make a fool of somebody

lead somebody down the garden path

go one better than

take to the cleaner's

play for a fool

put someone up to something

send on a wild-goose chase

give the runaround

string someone along

speak with forked tongue

tell a little white lie

play for a sucker

twist around your little finger

break the rules

play fast and loose with

take out of context

quote out of context

break your word

break one's word

sell a pig in a poke

fail to satisfy

play someone false

shatter the illusions of

leave in the lurch

dash the hopes of

come to nothing

dampen the spirits of

bring to naught

play someone for a sucker

take liberties with

use for one's own ends

rub the right way

find a way round

yank somebody's chain

tell an untruth

tell a falsehood

concoct a story

not speak the truth

forswear oneself

say something untrue

perjure oneself

perjure yourself

tell a white lie

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“He helped disguise loans as sales in order to boost the company's revenue - on paper - and thereby deceive the public as well as government regulators.”

Verb

To be sexually unfaithful to (one's regular partner)

be inconstant to

be unfaithful to

play someone false

break faith with

stab in the back

do the dirty on

sell down the river

give someone a Judas kiss

blow the whistle on

bite the hand that feeds one

be treacherous to

drop the dime on

point the bone at

put the finger on

turn state's evidence

blow the whistle

bite the hand that feeds you

sell someone down the river

act as an informer

spill the beans

spill your guts

tell tales about

spill the beans about

make a charge against

make a complaint against

point the finger at

point a finger at

hang something on

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“A person who has actually been deceived by their partner feels threatened, robbed, deceived and cheated, and is left feeling jealous and torn between love and hate.”

Verb

Stretch the truth

beat about the bush

be non-committal

dodge the issue

parry questions

sidestep the issue

beg the question

stretch the truth

beat around the bush

give a false colour to

evade the issue

pussyfoot around

fudge the issue

sit on the fence

duck the question

blow hot and cold

straddle the fence

avoid the issue

give run around

cloud the issue

be noncommittal

give the run around

beat around bush

find a way round

be equivocal about

beat about the bush about

not give a straight answer to

be evasive about

avoid answering

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Verb

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

do the dirty on

leave high and dry

leave in the lurch

give someone the elbow

give someone the old heave-ho

give someone the push

leave at the altar

give someone the big E

leave someone holding the baby

turn your back on

leave someone in the lurch

give someone the air

run out on someone

throw someone over

give someone the heave-ho

leave in a lurch

stop going out with

fail to support

fall short of expectation

divorce oneself from

end relations with

wash your hands of

have nothing more to do with

let someone down

stab in the back

leave all alone

leave parentless

take your leave of

change one's tune

wash one's hands of

give up the ship

let someone stew in their own juice

hang out to dry

go over the hill

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Verb

Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

put on a false front

put up a smoke screen

make a pretense

present a false face

present a false front

go through the motions

be hypocritical

pass yourself off as

give the appearance of

go through the motions of

give a false picture of

assume the role

cop an attitude

play the part of

strike an attitude

behave affectedly

draw a veil over

pass oneself off as

do something for effect

try to attract attention

put up a smokescreen

keep under your hat

make inconspicuous

disguise yourself

keep quiet about

sweep something under the rug

sweep something under the carpet

be dishonest about

give appearance of

put on a false display

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Verb

To evade by cleverness or trickery

break away from

give someone a wide berth

give someone the slip

move to the side

put the move on

slip through the net of

give somebody the slip

throw off the scent

give the slip to

give the runaround

sneak away from

give a wide berth to

find a way round

be beyond someone

slip through the net

escape the clutches of

lead on a merry chase

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Verb

Give the runaround

fob someone off

give the runaround

Verb

To lie in wait for and attack by surprise

attack by surprise

lie in wait for

set an ambush for

take by surprise

conceal yourself

wait in the shadows

lay in wait for

attacked by surprise

laid a trap for

setted an ambush for

took by surprise

laid in wait for

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Verb

To prove to be false

call into question

be at odds with

make a nonsense of

prove to be false

shoot full of holes

show to be false

give the lie to

knock the bottom out of

shoot down in flames

blow out of the water

drive a coach and horses through

be inconsistent with

be at variance with

fly in the face of

be in conflict with

be different to

be in opposition to

prove to be wrong

show to be wrong

show in its true light

bring to naught

knocks props out from under

knock props out

knock bottom out of

raise doubts about

put under suspicion

prove impossible

cut down to size

turn your back on

divorce oneself from

have bone to pick

go back on word

end relations with

cut off without a penny

wash your hands of

refuse to acknowledge

refuse to recognize

have nothing more to do with

declare to be untrue

take a stand against

give thumbs down to

say the opposite of

call in question

refuse to accept

put up a fight against

pin something on

cast doubt upon

cast aspersions upon

throw the book at

take issue with

take exception to

turn thumbs down

stand in the way

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Verb

Sexual assault by force; act of plunder

moonlight requisition

look all over for

go over with a fine-tooth comb

leave no stone unturned

turn upside down

look high and low

cause suffering to

raze to the ground

put the kibosh on

bring to naught

make mincemeat of

turn inside out

wipe off the map

blow out of the water

damage beyond repair

put out of commission

reduce to rubble

wipe the floor with

take to the cleaners

bring about the downfall of

put out of action

reduce to ruins

run onto the rocks

wipe off the face of the earth

be a blot on the landscape

put a damper on

reduce to nothing

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

knock to pieces

smash to smithereens

wipe from the face of the earth

break into pieces

defeat someone heavily

crush to smithereens

give someone a drubbing

cook one's goose

fix one's wagon

wipe off the mat

bring someone to their knees

run rings around

give someone a pasting

give someone a hiding

beat someone hollow

win a resounding victory over

commit sacrilege

treat sacrilegiously

treat with disrespect

blaspheme against

commit sacrilege against

play havoc with

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