fake somebody ↔ out
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfake somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American EnglishFALSEto deceive someone by making them think you are planning to do something when you are really planning to do something else → fake→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfake out• The designer fakes come out for Christmas.• But there's also a flock of socially acceptable fake fur out there.