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57 entries under idiom topic. ×
| lead astray(verb, expression, information, deceive) | |
| bait and switch(verb, expression, deceive, lie) | |
| bowl a googly | |
| make a hash of(verb, expression, blow, harm) | |
| make a mess of(verb, expression, blow, harm) | |
| pull wool over eyes(verb, expression, information, deceive) | |
| put foot in(verb, expression, blow, harm) | |
| put on an act(verb, expression, deceive, lie) | |
| put on false front(verb, expression, deceive, lie) | |
| put up smoke screen(verb, expression, deceive, lie) | |
| shoot oneself in foot(verb, expression, blow, harm) | |
| throw a curve | |
| beat around bush(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| beat around the bush(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| beating around the bush(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| bend the rules(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| do a number on(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| do number on(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| drop the ball(expression, goof, scrabble, misgovern) | |
| dropping the ball(expression, goof, scrabble, misgovern) |
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