The phrase "after fooling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate an action that follows the act of deceiving or tricking someone.
Example: "After fooling the audience with his magic tricks, the magician revealed the secrets behind his illusions."
Alternatives: "after deceiving" or "after tricking".
In 1971 in Britain, Rolls-Royce went under after fooling itself that costs related to the development of a new jet engine were, in reality, capital expenditure.
After fooling an Ernst authenticator and expert with 58 forgeries, Beltracchi eventually ended up in prison — if you can call it that.
In other words, after fooling around with the right hand side a little bit, you should be able to write it so that every time a variable appears, it's always in the combination y over x.
Always well informed on e-reader news, Nate Hoffelder (after fooling me with the promise of an electrowetting color screen) suggests this one will have a battery case, but details are thin on the ground.
Seventeen inmates escaped from a Brazilian prison in Sao Paulo state after fooling a guard with a homemade cardboard handgun, Globo News television said.
After fooling around in the backseat of his car near a Buddhist temple, we went to McDonalds on our first date.
"But if that is the case," says Stringer, "why didn't he announce his triumph after so convincingly fooling the world of science?
After months of fooling around, I got on birth control, and we gave it a shot.
I shaved my head without sunscreen and walked under the desert sun for days with no burn to my virgin scalp, proving without a doubt that God looks after fools who love Him too.
But after she fooled Ellen by helping her to "escape" from Cavil's Basestar, her double-bluff still managed to deliver one of those sinking "Oh no!
THURSDAY'S PUZZLE — After being fooled by a devious clue, one of the things I love second best about solving crosswords is learning a really interesting fact I didn't know before.
