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To deceive or fool someone

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

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

Stretch the truth

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

To evade by cleverness or trickery

To make a false show or pretence of

To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

To (violently) pillage or plunder a place or area

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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

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

stab in the back

sell a bill of goods

steal a march on

take someone in

pull somebody's leg

lead down the garden path

pull someone's leg

get the better of

lead up garden path

sell a bill of goods to

stretch the truth

be economical with the truth

send on a wild goose chase

break faith with

be unfaithful to

play games with

propagandize^US

give the wrong impression

propagandise^UK

play a trick on

put one over on someone

pull a fast one on someone

have someone on

put on false front

bait and switch

give wrong information to

put up smoke screen

do someone in the eye

pull wool over eyes

run rings round

throw dust in someone's eyes

depart from the truth

make up a story

bear false witness

not tell the truth

be cleverer than

make rings round

forswear yourself

tell a terminological inexactitude

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

play a practical joke on

make a sucker of

make a fool of somebody

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

lead somebody down the garden path

go one better than

break the rules

take to the cleaner's

put someone up to something

play for a fool

play for a sucker

string someone along

speak with forked tongue

tell a little white lie

twist around your little finger

play fast and loose with

take out of context

quote out of context

take liberties with

play someone for a sucker

use for one's own ends

find a way round

yank somebody's chain

rub the right way

lay it on thick

tell an untruth

tell a falsehood

sweep off one's feet

concoct a story

not speak the truth

forswear oneself

say something untrue

perjure oneself

perjure yourself

lie through one's teeth

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

break one's promise to

bite the hand that feeds you

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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

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

be hypocritical

pass yourself off as

give a false picture of

strike an attitude

assume the role

cop an attitude

play the part of

behave affectedly

draw a veil over

pass oneself off as

do something for effect

try to attract attention

give the appearance of

put up a smokescreen

keep under your hat

make inconspicuous

make a pretence of

make a pretense of

give appearance of

go through the motions of

put on a false display

keep quiet about

sweep something under the rug

sweep something under the carpet

be dishonest about

disguise yourself

assume an attitude

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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

hedge one's bets

mince one's words

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 push

give the old heave-ho

leave at the altar

give someone the big E

turn one's back on

leave someone holding the baby

turn your back on

leave someone in the lurch

give someone the air

hang out to dry

give the heave-ho

stop going out with

break off one's relationship with

leave in a lurch

leave all alone

divorce oneself from

end relations with

wash your hands of

have nothing more to do with

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

step aside from

put out to pasture

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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

give the slip to

give the runaround

give a wide berth to

find a way round

keep out of the way of

give a wide berth

lead on a merry chase

escape the clutches of

keep at arm's length

throw off the scent

be beyond someone

slip through the net

slip through someone's fingers

pussyfoot around

keep one's distance from

be oblivious to

turn your back on

turn a blind eye to

pay no attention to

take no notice of

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Verb

To make a false show or pretence of

give the appearance of

go through the motions of

make a pretence of

put on a false front

put up a smoke screen

follow the example of

do an impression of

pass oneself off as

pretend to have

profess to have

lay it on thick

assume the role of

affect the role of

put up a front of

copy fraudulently

play to the gallery

put on a pretense

circulate bad money

be hypocritical

assume the role

go through the motions

give appearance of

put on a false display

pass yourself off as

tell a white lie

create out of thin air

model oneself on

take as a model

pattern oneself after

pattern oneself on

take as an example

follow in the footsteps of

take as a pattern

follow in someone's steps

take a leaf out of someone's book

take as a role model

indulge in fantasy

keep quiet about

draw a veil over

sweep something under the rug

sweep something under the carpet

be dishonest about

build castles in Spain

build castles in the air

disguise yourself

assume the character of

represent oneself as

disguise oneself as

assume character

pass yourself off

take the part of

take leaf out of book

paint a picture of

draw a picture of

paint a mental picture of

hide one's feelings

make a pretense

present a false face

present a false front

follow in footsteps

do an impression

strike an attitude

behave affectedly

cop an attitude

play the part of

assume an attitude

speak with forked tongue

not tell the truth

be economical with the truth

make up a story

stretch the truth

pull someone's leg

forswear yourself

tell a terminological inexactitude

pull the wool over somebody's eyes

depart from the truth

tell a little white lie

pull the wool over someone's eyes

put one over on

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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

show in its true light

bring to naught

knocks props out from under

prove impossible

knock props out

knock bottom out of

cut down to size

raise doubts about

put under suspicion

shake one's faith in

take issue with

take exception to

take a stand against

protest against

call in question

have bone to pick

give thumbs down to

declare to be untrue

refuse to acknowledge

find fault with

say the opposite of

render null and void

refuse to accept

retaliate against

come to blows with

be a dissenter from

defend oneself against

go back on word

end relations with

turn your back on

cut off without a penny

wash your hands of

refuse to recognize

divorce oneself from

have nothing more to do with

dissent against

put up argument

agitate against

pick an argument with

argue the pros and cons of

turn thumbs down

bandy words concerning

have an argument about

stand in the way

struggle against

put up a fight against

speak out against

turn the tables

set your face against

stand up and be counted against

be in defiance of

not countenance

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Verb

To (violently) pillage or plunder a place or area

moonlight requisition

raze to the ground

reduce to ruins

wipe off the map

wipe off the face of the earth

put the kibosh on

bring to naught

reduce to rubble

bring about the downfall of

play mischief with

run onto the rocks

damage beyond repair

put out of commission

commit genocide

cut a swath through

reduce to nothing

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

detonate weapon

rain destruction

commit sacrilege

attack repeatedly

treat sacrilegiously

play havoc with

treat with disrespect

blaspheme against

cook someone's goose

upset someone's apple cart

commit sacrilege against

remove the guts from

remove the innards from

burn to the ground

destroy by fire

reduce to ashes

burn to a crisp

ax^US

wipe off face of earth

remove all traces of

axe^UK

destroy root and branch

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