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PUT ONE ACROSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does put one across mean?
• PUT ONE ACROSS (verb)
The verb PUT ONE ACROSS has 1 sense:
1. fool or hoax
Familiarity information: PUT ONE ACROSS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in
Context example:
You can't fool me!
Hypernyms (to "put one across" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put one across"):
kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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