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play tricks

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Verb1.play tricksplay tricks - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, pull a fast one on, trick, play a joke on
cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
snooker - fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"


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Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny, crying out, "You impudent whore, do you play tricks with my husband before my face?
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
It seemed intolerable that I should endure existence subject to the arbitrary visitations of a Magician who could thus play tricks with one's very stomach.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
And he had to hide his genius OR USE IT TO PLAY TRICKS WITH, when, with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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