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Verb: pull the wool over someone's eyes
  1. Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
    - bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false

Derived forms: pulled the wool over someone's eyes, pulls the wool over someone's eyes, pulling the wool over someone's eyes

Type of: betray, deceive, lead astray

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pull one's weight
pull out
pull out all the stops
pull over
pull round
pull someone's leg
pull strings
pull tab
pull the leg of
pull the plug
pull the wool over someone's eyes
pull through
pull together
pull up
pull up short
pull up stakes
pull wires
pullback
puller
pullet
pulley