Synonyms of pulls the wool over one's eyes

pulls the wool over one's eyes

phrase

present tense third-person singular of pull the wool over one's eyes

as in tricks

to cause to believe what is untrue

He tried to pull the wool over my eyes with some cockamamy story about losing his phone.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricks
• deceives
• fools
• kids
• sucks in
• pulls one's leg
• takes in
• leads one up the garden path
• strings along
• teases
• cozens
• hornswoggles
• hoodwinks
• buffaloes
• leads one down the garden path
• has on
• gulls
• suckers
• juggles
• gammons
• misleads
• bluffs
• bamboozles
• dupes
• snows
• spoofs
• deludes
• stings
• does a number on
• humbugs
• hoaxes
• snookers
• misinforms
• cons
• misguides
• burns
• cheats
• fakes out
• has
• catches
• gaffs
• beguiles
• puts on
• flimflams
• sticks
• defrauds
• swindles
• gyps
• euchres
• bleeds
• shortchanges
• fleeces
• rooks
• chisels
• skins
• mulcts
• squeezes
• diddles
• hustles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• undeceives
• exposes
• uncovers
• shows up
• unmasks
• debunks
• tells
• discloses
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disillusions
• disabuses
• disenchants