Local English word record

play tricks

verb · 1 sense

deceive somebody

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Examples

  • We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week

Word relationships

Synonyms

flim-flam, play a joke on, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on

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Princeton WordNet 3.0