Idiom
pull a fast one
Meaning
To carry out a trick or act of deception; to behave contrary to expectations.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tried to pull a fast one on me.”
“The shopkeeper pulled a fast one by charging me for extra items I never bought.”
“The con artist pulled a fast one on the entire town, convincing them to invest in a company that never existed.”
Examples
simple
“He tried to pull a fast one on me.”
contextual
“The shopkeeper pulled a fast one by charging me for extra items I never bought.”
complex
“The con artist pulled a fast one on the entire town, convincing them to invest in a company that never existed.”
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