play tricks

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verb

deceive somebody
- We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
• Syn:
flim-flam, play a joke on, trick, fob, fox,
pull a fast one on, play a trick on
• Derivationally related forms:
fox (for: fox), trick (for: trick), tricker (for: trick), trickery (for: trick), flimflam (for: flim-flam)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Hyponyms:
snooker
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something (for: trick)