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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)

Stretch the truth

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

To alter or misrepresent

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

puts one over on

takes to the cleaners

pulls a swifty on

takes advantage of

takes for a ride

takes to cleaners

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

pulls a fast one on

leads up the garden path

does a number on

pulls one's leg

leads down the garden path

outmaneuvers^US

outmanoeuvres^UK

sells down the river

gives someone a bum steer

does the dirty on

pulls a fast one

makes a fool of

stabs in the back

plays someone false

breaks faith with

sells a bill of goods

steals a march on

throws off the scent

puts on the wrong track

gets the better of

leads up garden path

sells a bill of goods to

propagandizes^US

propagandises^UK

plays a trick on

gives the wrong impression

plays games with

pulls someone's leg

puts on false front

runs rings round

puts up smoke screen

gives wrong information to

plays for a sucker

does someone in the eye

makes rings round

sends on a wild goose chase

does someone dirty

worms one's way out of

beats around the bush

slips something over on

bends the rules

stacks the cards

hits below the belt

stretches the rules

pulls something funny

plays a prank on

plays a joke on

plays a jest on

plays a practical joke on

makes a sucker of

pulls wool over

plays for a fool

goes one better than

puts someone up to something

lays a trap for

plays fast and loose with

gives the runaround

sends on a wild-goose chase

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

makes a monkey of

twists around your little finger

commits treason

sweeps off feet

breaks the rules

gives bum steer

takes liberties with

uses for one's own ends

sets a trap for

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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)

plays 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

stretches the truth

departs from the truth

invents a story

makes up a story

forswears oneself

tells a terminological inexactitude

creates fiction

speaks with forked tongue

tells a little white lie

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

pulls someone's leg

commits perjury

bears false witness

lies under oath

tells an untruth

tells a falsehood

concocts a story

perjures oneself

says something untrue

throws off the scent

puts on the wrong track

puts up a front

sends on a wild goose chase

tells a white lie

creates out of thin air

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Verb

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

puts up a front

goes through the motions

makes a pretense

puts on a false front

presents a false face

presents a false front

shucks and jives

puts up a smoke screen

puts on a front

passes oneself off as

strikes an attitude

plays the part of

draws a veil over

assumes the role

gives the appearance of

makes a pretence of

keeps under your hat

makes inconspicuous

puts up a smokescreen

makes a show of

keeps quiet about

gives appearance of

goes through the motions of

puts on a false display

assumes an attitude

behaves affectedly

disguises yourself

cops an attitude

sweeps under the carpet

sweeps under the rug

makes a pretense of

gives a false identity to

falsely represents

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Verb

Stretch the truth

Verb

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover

Verb

To alter or misrepresent

gives a false picture of

takes out of context

quotes out of context

interferes with

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Verb

To make a false show or pretense of

Verb

To demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

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