Home / Thesaurus / pull the wool over someone's eyes
Thesaurus: pull the wool over someone's eyes
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Related headwords
concealdefinitionelaboratelydefinitionenddefinitionfeigningdefinitiongaindefinitiongooddefinitionintentionsdefinitionmotivesdefinitiontruedefinitionpull out all the stopsfamilypull out of one's assfamilypull overfamilypull roundfamilypull someone's bacon out of the firefamilypull someone's legfamilypull stringsfamilypull the leg offamilypull the plugfamilypull the reins in on somethingfamilypull throughfamilypull togetherfamilypull upfamilypull up a pewfamilypull up shortfamilypull up stakesfamilypull up stumpsfamilypull wiresfamilypull a facefamily
Definitions
- v. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end