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were fooling
verb
To trick; to make a fool of someone.
Exact(38)
Clearly, they were fooling.
If they were fooling anyone, they were fooling themselves.
"When they were fooling the merchants, they were fooling the consumers, too," Mr. Constantine said.
The Romney camp said Democrats were fooling themselves.
"It wasn't like we were fooling ourselves," Mr. Gonzalez said.
We were fooling around, but I wasn't really enjoying it.
Similar(22)
Few were fooled.
The tasters were fooled.
Even our neighbors were fooled.
All were fooled.
Who is fooling whom?
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