单词 | under false pretenses |
释义 | under false pretensesIf you do something underfalsepretenses, youlieabout who you are, what you are doing, or what youintendto do, inorderto get something: He wasdeportedforenteringthecountryunderfalsepretenses. If you're not going toofferme ajob, then you'vebroughtme here underfalsepretenses(= you havedeceivedme inorderto make me come here). I'mafraidI'm here underfalsepretenses. I said I wasrepresentingaclient, but that's nottrue. I got into thebuildingunderfalsepretenses, but I didn't have anychoice. Theykepthimlockedup foryearsunderfalsepretenses. See also false(NOT TRUE) |
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