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1. (verb) bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

Translation of 'pull the wool over someone's eyes'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to deceive someone.
Afrikaans: iemand om die bos lei	Arabic: يَخْدَع، يَغُش	Bulgarian: измамвам
Brazilian: deitar poeira nos olhos	Czech: oklamat	German: jemanden hinter das Licht
Danish: snyde en; føre en bag lys	Greek: ξεγελώ, εξαπατώ κπ.	Spanish: engañar a alguien
Estonian: (kellelegi) puru silma aj	Farsi: گول زدن؛ فریب دادن	Finnish: vetää nenästä
French: en faire accroire (à)	Hebrew: לְרַמוֹת	Hindi: झांसा देना
Croatian: zavarati nekoga	Hungarian: port hint vkinek a szeméb	Indonesian: menipu
Icelandic: blekkja e-n	Italian: (gettare fumo negli occhi	Japanese: だます
Korean: 남의 눈을 속이다	Lithuanian: akis muilinti	Latvian: pūst kādam miglu acīs
Malay: memperdayakan seseorang	Dutch: iemand voor het lapje hou	Norwegian: føre en bak lyset, kaste
Polish: mydlić komuś oczy	Persian: گول زدن؛ فریب دادن	Pashto: فریب ورکول
Portuguese: deitar poeira nos olhos	Romanian: aînşela pe cineva	Russian: вводить в заблуждение ког
Slovak: oklamať	Slovenian: speljati na led	Serbian: nasamariti
Swedish: slå blå dunster i ögonen	Thai: หลอกลวง	Turkish: kandırmak, aldatmak
Taiwanese: 期騙某人	Ukrainian: замилювати очі	Urdu: کسی کو دھوکہ دینا
Vietnamese: lừa gạt ai	Chinese: 蒙蔽某人
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