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Meanings of pull the wool in English

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Usage of pull the wool in English
1
We're not trying to pull the wool over people's eyes with this.
Wired
2
I just think that was said to pull the wool over our eyes.
The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour; or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake ...
3
Sometimes those slick rascals pull the wool over our eyes, too.
Certain Success
4
Landlords simply cannot pull the wool over renters' eyes any more.
The South African
5
He hadn't been trying to pull the wool over her eyes, he said.
Small wars: a novel
6
Just the people to pull the wool over the eyes of my grandfather!
The House of a Thousand Candles
7
Lancing has writ, jest tuh pull the wool over our eyes?
Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
8
Can we pull the wool over the old man's eyes, do you think?
The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
9
Sir, you could pull the wool over the eyes of the Devil himself.
For Honor We Stand
10
I just bet he'll pull the wool over their eyes, and get in again.
The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
11
But he did not propose that they should pull the wool over his eyes.
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
12
They might have just found a way to pull the wool over our eyes.
Reuters
13
All those loops unraveling themselves as you pull the wool.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
14
The tendency of politicians to pull the wool over our eyes is one thing.
The Irish Times
15
Secure and superior because he knew how to pull the wool over everybody's eyes?
Self's punishment
16
To lack that maternal instinct and pull the wool over everyone's eyes is monstrous.
The South African
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