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单词 take someone in
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to receive into one's house
The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.
Synonyms
let in
receive
The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests.
admit
Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.
board
welcome
harbour
accommodate
Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
take care of
put up
billet
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to cheat or deceive
He was a real charmer who totally took me in.
Synonyms
deceive
He has deceived and disillusioned us all.
fool
Art dealers fool a lot of people.
con (informal)
He claimed that the businessman had conned him out of his life savings.
do (slang)
I'll tell you how they did me.
trick
He'll be upset when he finds out how you tricked him.
cheat
He cheated people out of their life savings.
stiff (slang)
mislead
Ministers knowingly misled the public.
dupe
Some of the offenders duped the psychologists.
gull (archaic)
Consumers are no longer so easily gulled into paying extra for a designer label.
swindle
He swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
hoodwink
Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry.
pull the wool over someone's eyes (informal)
a phony psychic who pulled the wool over everyone's eyes
bilk
trusts that secretly conspired to bilk the public
cozen
scam (slang)
See take

Additional synonyms

in the sense of accommodate
Definition
to provide with lodgings
Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
Synonyms
house,
put up,
take in,
lodge,
board,
quarter,
shelter,
entertain,
harbour,
cater for,
billet
in the sense of admit
Definition
to allow (someone) to enter
Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.
Synonyms
let in,
allow,
receive,
accept,
introduce,
include,
welcome,
greet,
take in,
incorporate,
initiate,
give access to,
allow to enter
in the sense of bilk
Definition
to cheat or deceive, esp. to avoid making payment to
trusts that secretly conspired to bilk the public
Synonyms
cheat,
do (slang),
skin (slang),
fool,
con (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting,
mislead,
rip off (slang),
deceive,
fleece,
defraud,
dupe,
stitch up (slang),
rook (slang),
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
do the dirty on (British, informal),
sell a pup to,
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen (informal),
trick,
take in (informal),
swindle,
take for a ride (informal)

Nearby words of
take someone in

  • take sides with someone
  • take someone back
  • take someone for something
  • take someone in
  • take someone off
  • take someone on
  • take someone out

Related terms of
take someone in

  • delight in or take a delight in something or someone

Synonyms of 'take someone in'

take someone in

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cheat
Definition
to defraud
He cheated people out of their life savings.
Synonyms
deceive,
skin (slang),
trick,
fool,
take in (informal),
con (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
mislead,
rip off (slang),
fleece,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
do (informal),
swindle,
stitch up (slang),
victimize,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
bilk,
pull a fast one on (informal),
screw (informal),
finagle (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of con
Definition
to swindle or defraud
He claimed that the businessman had conned him out of his life savings.
Synonyms
swindle,
trick,
cheat,
rip off (slang),
sting (informal),
kid (informal),
skin (slang),
stiff (slang),
mislead,
deceive,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
rook (slang),
humbug,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
inveigle,
do the dirty on (British, informal),
bilk,
sell a pup,
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of cozen
Definition
to cheat or trick
Synonyms
cheat,
trick,
con (informal),
take advantage of,
stiff (slang),
impose on,
deceive,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
swindle,
circumvent,
stitch up (slang),
victimize,
hoodwink,
double-cross (informal),
diddle (informal),
take for a ride (informal),
inveigle,
bilk
in the sense of do
Definition
to cheat or rob
I'll tell you how they did me.
Synonyms
cheat,
trick,
con (informal),
skin (slang),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
deceive,
fleece,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
swindle,
diddle (informal),
take (someone) for a ride (informal),
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of dupe
Definition
to deceive or cheat
Some of the offenders duped the psychologists.
Synonyms
deceive,
trick,
cheat,
con (informal),
kid (informal),
sting (informal),
rip off (slang),
hoax,
defraud,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
delude,
swindle,
outwit,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
scam (slang)
in the sense of fool
Definition
to deceive (someone), esp. in order to make them look ridiculous
Art dealers fool a lot of people.
Synonyms
deceive,
cheat,
mislead,
delude,
kid (informal),
trick,
take in,
con (informal),
stiff (slang),
have (someone) on,
bluff,
hoax,
dupe,
beguile,
gull (archaic),
swindle,
make a fool of,
bamboozle,
hoodwink,
take for a ride (informal),
put one over on (informal),
play a trick on,
pull a fast one on (informal),
scam (slang)
in the sense of gull
Consumers are no longer so easily gulled into paying extra for a designer label.
Synonyms
deceive,
trick,
cheat,
con (slang),
skin (slang),
take in (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
beguile,
swindle,
rook (slang),
take for a ride (informal),
put one over on (informal),
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
sell a pup to
in the sense of hoodwink
Definition
to trick or deceive
Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry.
Synonyms
deceive,
trick,
fool,
cheat,
con (informal),
kid (informal),
mislead,
hoax,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
delude,
swindle,
rook (slang),
bamboozle (informal),
take (someone) for a ride (informal),
lead up the garden path (informal),
sell a pup,
pull a fast one on (informal),
cozen,
befool,
scam (slang)
in the sense of mislead
Definition
to give false or confusing information to
Ministers knowingly misled the public.
Synonyms
deceive,
fool,
delude,
take someone in (informal),
bluff,
beguile,
misdirect,
misinform,
hoodwink,
lead astray,
pull the wool over someone's eyes (informal),
take someone for a ride (informal),
misguide,
give someone a bum steer (informal, US)
in the sense of pull the wool over someone's eyes
a phony psychic who pulled the wool over everyone's eyes
Synonyms
deceive,
kid (informal),
trick,
fool,
take in (informal),
con (slang),
dupe,
delude,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
put one over on (slang),
pull a fast one on someone (informal),
lead someone up the garden path (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of receive
Definition
to greet (guests)
The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests.
Synonyms
greet,
meet,
admit,
welcome,
entertain,
take in,
accommodate,
be at home to,
reCv
in the sense of swindle
Definition
to cheat (someone) out of money
He swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
Synonyms
cheat,
do (slang),
con,
skin (slang),
trick,
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
rip (someone) off (slang),
deceive,
fleece,
defraud,
dupe,
overcharge,
rook (slang),
bamboozle (informal),
diddle (old-fashioned),
take (someone) for a ride (informal),
put one over on (someone) (informal),
pull a fast one (on someone) (informal),
bilk (of),
take to the cleaners (informal),
sell a pup (to) (slang),
cozen (rare),
hornswoggle (slang),
scam (slang)
in the sense of trick
Definition
to defraud, deceive, or cheat (someone)
He'll be upset when he finds out how you tricked him.
Synonyms
deceive,
trap,
have someone on,
take someone in (informal),
fool,
cheat,
con (informal),
kid (informal),
stiff (slang),
sting (informal),
mislead,
hoax,
defraud,
dupe,
gull (archaic),
delude,
swindle,
impose upon,
bamboozle (informal),
hoodwink,
put one over on (informal),
pull the wool over someone's eyes,
pull a fast one on (informal),
scam (slang)
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