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PUT ONE OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does put one over mean? 

PUT ONE OVER (verb)
  The verb PUT ONE OVER has 1 sense:

1. fool or hoaxplay

  Familiarity information: PUT ONE OVER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUT ONE OVER (verb)


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 over" 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 over"):

kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP


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