pull the wool over someone's eyes
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Automation
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Variants
- pasttense
- pulled the wool over someone's eyes
- presentparticiple
- pulling the wool over someone's eyes
- thirdpersonsingular
- pulls the wool over someone's eyes
- pastparticiple
- pulled the wool over someone's eyes