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FLIM-FLAM
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deceive somebody
Example:
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
Synonyms:
flim-flam; fob; fox; play a joke on; play a trick on; play tricks; pull a fast one on; trick
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "flim-flam" is one way to...):
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flim-flam"):
snooker (fool or dupe)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
flimflam (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
