under the illusion

idiom

: having a mistaken belief about something
He was under the illusion that he was a good player.

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Amazingly the Biden-Harris Administration encouraged London to go for such an agreement under the illusion that this would preserve the base. Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Few of the advisers on the ground in Iraq, however, were under the illusion that the assessments captured the true state of the Iraqi forces. Rachel Tecott, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2021 The problem for Tesla isn’t that investors labored under the illusion this was possible in perpetuity. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023 The Risks of a Great Divergence Citizens of wealthy countries should not labor under the illusion that this is simply a sad story happening to people in faraway countries. Rajiv J. Shah, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021 For more than two decades, many Western leaders—including, at times, Biden—labored under the illusion that the Russian President was manageable, unsavory, to be sure, but still somehow containable. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2023 With a few months remaining before voters go to the polls for the midterm elections, no one should be under the illusion that the economy is offering Democrats many political advantages. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2022 On the global stage, citizens of Western democracies can no longer live under the illusion of our own system's tactical superiority. Carrie McKean, The Week, 5 Mar. 2022 No one is under the illusion that the tax season will go smoothly. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2022

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“Under the illusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20illusion. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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