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To deceive or fool someone

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

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

To make a false show or pretense of

To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

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Verb

To deceive or fool someone

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

lead down the garden path

outmanoeuvre^UK

sell down the river

pull a fast one

give someone a bum steer

do the dirty on

stab in the back

be unfaithful to

play someone false

break faith with

sell a bill of goods

steal a march on

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

get the better of

play for a sucker

lead up garden path

sell a bill of goods to

propagandize^US

propagandise^UK

play a trick on

give the wrong impression

play games with

pull someone's leg

put on false front

be cleverer than

run rings round

bait and switch

give wrong information to

put up smoke screen

do someone in the eye

make rings round

throw dust in someone's eyes

send on a wild goose chase

do someone dirty

worm one's way out of

beat around the bush

slip something over on

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

play a prank on

put something over on

play a practical joke on

make a sucker of

play for a fool

go one better than

put someone up to something

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

twist around your little finger

take liberties with

use for one's own ends

break the rules

yank someone's chain

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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

“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

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

stretch the truth

be economical with the truth

depart from the truth

make up a story

forswear oneself

not tell the truth

tell a terminological inexactitude

speak with forked tongue

tell a little white lie

pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull someone's leg

bear false witness

quote out of context

take out of context

tell a falsehood

tell an untruth

concoct a story

throw off the scent

not speak the truth

put on the wrong track

say something untrue

perjure oneself

beat about the bush

send on a wild goose chase

be non-committal

parry questions

dodge the issue

sidestep the issue

tell a white lie

beg the question

lie through one's teeth

beat around the bush

give a false colour to

create out of thin air

avoid the issue

pussyfoot around

fudge the issue

sit on the fence

evade the issue

blow hot and cold

give run around

straddle the fence

duck the question

cloud the issue

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Verb

To conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character)

go through the motions

make a pretense

put on a false front

present a false face

present a false front

hide one's feelings

put up a smoke screen

give a false picture of

pass oneself off as

assume the role

play the part of

strike an attitude

draw a veil over

be hypocritical

give the appearance of

make a pretence of

put up a smokescreen

keep under your hat

make inconspicuous

give appearance of

go through the motions of

put on a false display

keep quiet about

cop an attitude

disguise yourself

assume an attitude

behave affectedly

sweep under the carpet

be dishonest about

sweep under the rug

give a false identity to

make a pretense of

falsely represent

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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 push

give the old heave-ho

leave at the altar

give someone the big E

turn your back on

wash your hands of

leave someone holding the baby

hang out to dry

give someone the air

give the heave-ho

fail to support

stop going out with

break off one's relationship with

leave in trouble

leave holding the bag

leave in a lurch

fall short of expectation

leave all alone

divorce oneself from

end relations with

have nothing more to do with

leave parentless

let someone down

stab in the back

take your leave of

change one's tune

give up the ship

let someone stew in their own juice

stop living together

end relationship

become estranged

reach a parting of the ways

tell somebody it's over

go separate ways

axe^UK

ax^US

step aside from

throw in the towel

stop participating in

abstract oneself

stop participating

absent yourself

detach yourself

refuse to have anything to do with

absolve yourself

stand down from

hand in resignation

absent oneself from

have nothing to do with

give a wide berth to

have no more truck with

give something a miss

throw in the sponge

make one's exit

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Verb

To make a false show or pretense of

give the appearance of

go through the motions of

make a pretence of

put on a false front

pass oneself off as

put up a smoke screen

go through the motions

make a replica of

follow the example of

tell a white lie

play to the gallery

do an impression of

create out of thin air

pretend to have

profess to have

put up a front of

put on a pretense

lay it on thick

assume the role of

affect the role of

be hypocritical

assume the role

give appearance of

put on a false display

take leaf out of book

take as an example

take as a model

copy fraudulently

model yourself on

follow in the footsteps of

take as a pattern

follow in someone's steps

pattern yourself after

pattern oneself on

take a leaf out of someone's book

take as a role model

keep quiet about

draw a veil over

sweep under the carpet

be dishonest about

sweep under the rug

disguise yourself

assume the character of

represent oneself as

disguise oneself as

assume character

pass yourself off

take the part of

characterize^US

characterise^UK

tread the boards

hide one's feelings

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Verb

To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

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

prove impossible

cut down to size

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

poke full of holes

shake one's faith in

have bone to pick

render null and void

say the opposite of

call in question

refuse to accept

wash your hands of

go back on your word

declare to be untrue

take a stand against

give thumbs down to

take exception to

cast doubt upon

cast aspersions upon

throw the book at

take issue with

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