delude with

delude (someone) with (something)

To use something to induce someone to believe falsehoods. The realtor must have deluded Elizabeth with lies—why else would she have moved into such a dangerous neighborhood?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

delude someone with something

to fool or trick someone with something. She deluded us with her clever talk. Don't delude yourself with false hopes.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • delude (someone) with (something)
  • delude into
  • delude
  • delude (someone or oneself) into (something)
  • keep telling yourself that
  • divert
  • divert (someone or something) from (someone or something)
  • divert from
  • draw attention to
  • draw attention to (oneself, someone, or something)