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55 entries under expression topic. ×
| mere words(idiom, reasoning) | |
| ostensible ground(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| ostensible reason(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| practical joke(noun, catch, trick, sport) | |
| ruse de guerre(idiom, cunning) | |
| sexual activity(deception, fraud, fling, mischief) | |
| smoke and mirrors(idiom, deception, dishonesty, trickery) | |
| soft soap(deception, dishonesty, treachery, duplicity) | |
| take in(catch, trick, sport, device) | |
| tour de force(idiom, cunning) | |
| tricks upon travelers(idiom, cunning) | |
| twist of fate(idiom, chance, coincidence, fluke) | |
| weasel words | |
| white lie(idiom, cunning) | |
| why and wherefore(idiom, reason, trick, excuse) |
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