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Put One Over

Definition: Put One Over

Put One Over

Verb

1. Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Put One Over

Synonyms: befool (v), cod (v), dupe (v), fool (v), gull (v), put on (v), put one across (v), slang (v), take in (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Put One Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deception

Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Put One Over

English words defined with "put one over": To put over. (references)

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Anagrams: Put One Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-n-o-o-p-r-t-u-v"

-2 letters: outpreen, overtone.

-3 letters: overtop, prevent, venture.

-4 letters: enroot, neuter, oeuvre, opener, operon, pereon, poteen, pouter, prevue, pronto, proton, proven, punter, reopen, repent, repute, retune, revote, roupet, tenour, tenure, toupee, troupe, tureen, unroot, unrove, uproot, uptore, uptorn, venter, vetoer.

-5 letters: enter, enure, erupt, event, evert, nerve, netop, never, noter, outer, outre, overt, peter, poove, porno.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-n-o-o-p-r-t-u-v"
 

+3 letters: prerevolution, uncooperative.

 

+5 letters: nonreproductive, overspeculation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Put One Over


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 75 74      4F 6E 65      4F 76 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110101 01110100 00100000 01001111 01101110 01100101 00100000 01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#117 &#116 &#32 &#79 &#110 &#101 &#32 &#79 &#118 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0075 0074      004F 006E 0065      004F 0076 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5087862498071249887184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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