fake out

verb

faked out; faking out; fakes out

: to deliberately mislead : fool, trick

Examples of fake out in a Sentence

my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender

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Torre faked out left back Josh Wildon-Esbrand and rocketed his shot into the back of the net to give the Spanish side the lead heading into halftime. —

Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024 The discography deep-dive portion of the set list kicked off with something of a fake out. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024 Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun. —

Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024 The move pretty much faked out the forecasters and had the National Weather Service scrambling to draft a new cone of uncertainty. —

Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for fake out