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pull a fast one, to fast onea clever and devious trick. (Compare this with pull a fast one.) That was a fast one. I didn't know you were so devious. This was the last fast one like that you'll ever catch me with.See also: fast, onepull a fast oneInf. to succeed in an act of deception. She was pulling a fast one when she said she had a headache and went home. Don't try to pull a fast one with me! I know what you're doing.See also: fast, one, pullpull a fast oneAlso, put over a fast one. Engage in a deceitful practice or play an unfair trick. For example, He pulled a fast one when he gave me that fake employment record, or She tried to put over a fast one, but we found out in time to stop her. [Slang; c. 1920] See also: fast, one, pullpull a fast one INFORMALIf someone pulls a fast one, they trick someone. The crowd obviously thought I was trying to pull a fast one to get a better seat. Note: You can also say that someone pulls a fast one on someone else. Someone had pulled a fast one on her and she was not going to let them get away with it.See also: fast, one, pullpull a fast one try to gain an unfair advantage by rapid action of some sort. informal This phrase was originally early 20th-century US slang and is also found as put over a fast one . 1993 What Mortgage We also know what prices should be and will pull up any builder trying to pull a fast one. See also: fast, one, pullpull a ˈfast one (on somebody) (slang) tell lies or cheat somebody, for example in order to get their money, possessions, etc.; deceive somebody: Don’t try to pull a fast one on me. I’m not stupid, you know.See also: fast, one, pullfast one1. n a fast act of sex; a quickie; a quick one. I think we’ve got time for a fast one! 2. n. a fast or quickly performed activity, such as eating or drinking something. Here’s a tavern. You got time for a fast one? 3. n. a clever and devious trick. (see also pull a fast one.) That was a fast one. I didn’t know you were so devious. See also: fast, onepull a fast one tv. to outwit or outsmart someone by a clever and timely maneuver. Don’t try to pull a fast one on me. See also: fast, one, pull pull a fast one Informal To play a trick or perpetrate a fraud.See also: fast, one, pullpull a fast one, toTo execute an unfair trick. This slangy Americanism dates from about 1920. A. Gilbert was one of many popular novelists to use it (Death Against the Clock, 1958): “Mad to think they can pull a fast one.”See also: fast, pull |