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Synonyms for play false in English

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

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Detailed Synonyms for play false in English

play false:

play false verb

play false

– conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end ¹
to snow; to hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; bamboozle; lead by the nose; play false
– conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end ¹
- snow verb (snows, snowed, snowing)
- hoodwink verb (hoodwinks, hoodwinked, hoodwinking)
- pull the wool over someone's eyes verb
- bamboozle verb
  - He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well¹
- lead by the nose verb
- play false verb

Alternate Synonyms for "play false":

bamboozle; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; lead by the nose; deceive; betray; lead astray

Related Definitions for "play false":

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end¹

Related Synonyms for play false

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