pulled the wool over one's eyes
phrase
as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue
He tried to pull the wool over my eyes with some cockamamy story about losing his phone.
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“Pulled the wool over one's eyes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20the%20wool%20over%20one%27s%20eyes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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