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TAKE THE QUIZ“false pretenses”
The following 2 entries include the term false pretenses.
on/under false pretenses
idiom: by pretending that a certain condition or circumstance was true
under false pretenses
idiom: by saying something that is not true, by pretending something, etc.
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Merriam-Webster unabridged