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pull a fast one
Idioms and Phrases
Also, put over a fast one . Engage in a deceitful practice or play an unfair trick. For example, He pulled a fast one when he gave me that fake employment record , or She tried to put over a fast one, but we found out in time to stop her . [ Slang ; c. 1920]Example Sentences
A publicist friend texted me afterward: “That’s where Culkin belongs. If you gave him lead, you’d be saying that he was trying to pull a fast one by going supporting.â€
Indeed, McMahon seemed irked at the thought that Raw Story was trying to pull a fast one.
“Some companies are trying to pull a fast one by shrinking the products little by little and hoping you won't notice,†he said.
Ultimately, it's just a sad attempt to pull a fast one over his audience and his critics, with Asian women as the punchline again.
If the bill is higher, the ambulance company may be trying to pull a fast one.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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