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21One of Us (Yes, Prime Minister) — One of Us Episode no. Series 1 Episode 8 Written by Antony Jay Jonathan Lynn Produced by Sydney Lotterby …
22lead one up the garden path — phrasal also lead one up the garden Britain : to pull the wool over one s eyes : deceive, mislead so you led us up the garden path … you cooked up a beautiful story William Sansom …
23put one over on — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dupe, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone s eyes; see deceive …
24deceive — v. a. 1. Delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, beguile, hoodwink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one s eyes. 2. Disappoint, frustrate. 3. Beguile, wile away, while… …
25hoodwink — v. a. 1. Blind, blindfold. 2. Cover, hide, conceal, cloak. 3. Deceive, cheat, delude, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one s eyes …
26deceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mislead, delude, swindle, trick, cheat, outwit, fool, rob, defraud, practice deceit, not play fair, victimize, hoax, betray, beguile, take advantage of, impose upon, entrap, ensnare, hoodwink, play one false, gull, cozen,… …
27deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …
28trick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. artifice, stratagem, craft; illusion; wile, ruse, subterfuge, fraud, imposture, deception; tour, shift, turn; trait, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity. See unconformity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A deceit] Syn.… …
29fool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See folly. v. dupe, mislead; idle away; tamper. See deception, change, inactivity. fool around II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A silly or stupid person] Syn. nitwit, simpleton, dunce, ninny, cretin, nincompoop …
30dupe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gull, victim, cully, cat spaw; fool; puppet, tool; butt, laughingstock, April fool; sucker, chump (both inf.); easy mark, soft touch, pushover, pigeon (all sl.). v. t. cheat, defraud, swindle;… …
