faking out (Meaning)
faking out
to deliberately mislead
Synonyms & Antonyms of faking out
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Synonyms:
- gaffing
- misleading
- leading one up the garden path
- buffaloing
- hoaxing
- teasing
- putting on
- deluding
- duping
- snookering
- snowing
- having
- spoofing
- hoodwinking
- suckering
- humbugging
- cheating
- juggling
- misguiding
- burning
- conning
- cozening
- gulling
- bluffing
- beguiling
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- pulling one's leg
- leading one down the garden path
- stinging
- bamboozling
- doing a number on
- gammoning
- misinforming
- catching
- hornswoggling
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faking out Sentence Examples
- The quarterback faked out the defense by pretending to hand off the ball to the running back.
- The magician faked out the audience by making it appear as if coins had vanished into thin air.
- The con artist faked out investors by presenting phony financial statements.
- The singer faked out the judges on a talent show by singing in a different voice than usual.
- The actor faked out the casting director by pretending to be a different character for an audition.
- The criminal faked out police by using a disguise to conceal their identity.
- The student faked out the teacher by pretending to understand the lesson when they actually didn't.
- The salesperson faked out the customer by claiming to have a limited-time offer that didn't actually exist.
- The politician faked out the public by making promises they knew they couldn't keep.
- The athlete faked out the opponent by making a sudden change of direction.
FAQs About the word faking out
to deliberately mislead
stringing along, kidding, having on, sucking in,deceiving, tricking, taking in, fooling, gaffing, misleading
exposing,showing up, uncovering, revealing, undeceiving, unveiling, unmasking, disclosing,debunking, divulging
The quarterback faked out the defense by pretending to hand off the ball to the running back.
The magician faked out the audience by making it appear as if coins had vanished into thin air.
The con artist faked out investors by presenting phony financial statements.
The singer faked out the judges on a talent show by singing in a different voice than usual.
