pull the wool over someone's eyes

• pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull the wool over someone's eyes

Verb

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

Synonyms:

• bamboozle
• snow
• hoodwink
• pull the wool over someone's eyes
• lead by the nose
• play false