How to Use fake out in a Sentence

fake out

verb

• Enlarge / Artist's conception of EA trying to fake out cheaters with its new tools.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2022
• Paulino and teammate Noah Hanson both lined up to take the free kick early in the contest in an attempt to fake out the defense.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• Putin's inflatable army: Does Russia plan to fake out the West with inflatable tanks?
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
• Unless, of course, Schulman is just saying all this to fake out the competition.
  — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• But receivers do something similar and try to fake out defensive backs with their own eye fakes.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2020
• In the wake of the Volkswagen diesel cheating scandal, in which the company used software to fake out emissions tests, new management has hitched the company’s future to electric vehicles.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
• Never underestimate the power of an artificial plant to even fake out a gardener.
  — Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful, 14 Sep. 2020
• Defensive lineman Anthony Lucas, a five-start recruit, the state's most coveted senior football player, knew how to fake out offensive linemen in his stellar high school football career.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024