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Idiom

sneaky Pete

Meaning

A sneaky person.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Watch out for that sneaky Pete in the office.”

“I do not trust him because he acts like a total sneaky Pete when he wants something.”

“Despite his charming smile and polite demeanor, he proved to be a real sneaky Pete who manipulated the entire board to his advantage.”

Examples

simple

“Watch out for that sneaky Pete in the office.”

contextual

“I do not trust him because he acts like a total sneaky Pete when he wants something.”

complex

“Despite his charming smile and polite demeanor, he proved to be a real sneaky Pete who manipulated the entire board to his advantage.”

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