| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To be treacherous to: double-cross. Slang : rat (on), sell out. Idioms: sell down the river . See TRUST. 2. To disclose in a breach of confidence: blab, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil. Informal : spill. Archaic : discover. Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all. See SHOW. 3. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal : bamboozle, have. Slang : four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See HONEST.
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