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play a trick on
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Verb play a trick on has 1 sense
- play a trick on(v = verb.social) flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" is one way to cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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