pull the wool over someone's eyes

Meanings

• 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"

Synonyms

• bamboozle
• snow
• hoodwink
• pull the wool over someone's eyes
• lead by the nose
• play false

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