deceive (someone) into (something)
deceive (someone) into (something)
To fool or trick someone into doing something. I can't believe he deceived thousands of people into buying a faulty product!
See also: deceive
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
deceive someone into something
to trick someone into doing something. She deceived me into giving her my car keys. You can't deceive me into doing what I don't want to do.
See also: deceive
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- deceive into
- con (someone) into (something)
- con into
- diddle (someone) out of (something)
- diddle out of
- diddle something out of someone
- be no fool
- be no/nobody's fool
- fake out
- fake someone out