fake out (Meaning)
fake out
to deliberately mislead
Synonyms & Antonyms of fake out
Synonyms:
- buffalo
- take in
- catch
- cheat
- lead one up the garden path
- spoof
- lead one down the garden path
- burn
- cozen
- snow
- hornswoggle
- pull the wool over one's eyes
- sting
- put on
- con
- kid
- tease
- gaff
- sucker
- do a number on
- have
- hoax
- bluff
- humbug
- misinform
- pull one's leg
- misguide
- have on
- mislead
- snooker
- juggle
- beguile
- bamboozle
- dupe
- gull
- hoodwink
- delude
Antonyms:
fake out Sentence Examples
- The basketball player executed a flawless fake out, leaving the defender in his dust.
- The quarterback's fake out of the handoff sent the entire defense scrambling.
- The magician's elaborate fake out left the audience baffled and entertained.
- The politician's fake out of a campaign promise angered many constituents.
- The boxer's quick fake out of a left hook set up a devastating knockout punch.
- The salesperson used a fake out of a discount to close the deal.
- The child's fake out of a sickness fooled his parents into staying home with him.
- The fake out of a meteor shower left stargazers disappointed and puzzled.
- The software's fake out of a virus warning was a malicious attempt to compromise the user's system.
- The actor's fake out of an injury on set caused production delays and raised safety concerns.
FAQs About the word fake out
to deliberately mislead
suck in, string along,trick, fool, deceive, buffalo, take in, catch, cheat, lead one up the garden path
reveal, expose, unmask, debunk, disclose, uncover, tell,show up, undeceive, unveil
The basketball player executed a flawless fake out, leaving the defender in his dust.
The quarterback's fake out of the handoff sent the entire defense scrambling.
The magician's elaborate fake out left the audience baffled and entertained.
The politician's fake out of a campaign promise angered many constituents.
