putsomethingacross/oversomeone
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
informaltocauseapieceoffalseinformationto bebelievedby one or morepeople:
You didn'tmanageto put thatstoryoveronthetaxpeople, did you?
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hustle
- pull
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingon
- racket