does a number on
phrase
as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue The scammers really did a number on some unsuspecting homeowners. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- tricks
- fools
- deceives
- cozens
- has on
- strings along
- kids
- fakes out
- takes in
- leads one up the garden path
- sucks in
- leads one down the garden path
- teases
- pulls one's leg
- misleads
- has
- suckers
- stings
- humbugs
- hoaxes
- gulls
- dupes
- misinforms
- snows
- deludes
- cons
- gammons
- misguides
- hornswoggles
- hoodwinks
- juggles
- bluffs
- buffaloes
- spoofs
- pulls the wool over one's eyes
- gaffs
- catches
- cheats
- beguiles
- burns
- puts on
- snookers
- bamboozles
- flimflams
- sticks
- shortchanges
- diddles
- mulcts
- euchres
- rooks
- bleeds
- swindles
- defrauds
- skins
- hustles
- gyps
- fleeces
- chisels
- squeezes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reveals
- exposes
- shows up
- tells
- undeceives
- uncovers
- debunks
- unmasks
- discloses
- divulges
- unveils
- disillusions
- disabuses
- disenchants
- uncloaks
- knock off (his stride
- knock off her pedestal
- knock off her) stride
- knock off his pedestal
- knock on
- knock on doors
- knock on the door of
- knock on the head
- knock on wood
- knock one's socks off
- knock oneself out
- knock over
- knock poker
- knock rummy
- knock sideways
- knock silly
- knock some sense into someone
- knock some sense into someone's head
- knock someone down a peg
- knock someone flying
- knock someone for six
- knock someone off (his stride
- knock someone off her pedestal
- knock someone off her) stride
- knock someone off his pedestal