pull the wool over someone's eyes
verbid
15995·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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
Framework definitions
- §1
- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Outgoing relationships
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