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 Translation for 'to fool sb sth' from English to Greek
to fool sb./sth.ξεγελώ
to fool sb./sth.εξαπατώ
to fool sb./sth.κοροιδεύω
Partial Matches
unverified sb./sth. came ήρθε / ήλθε {αόρ. του έρχομαι, τρίτο ενικό πρόσωπο}
sb./sth. hadείχε
sb./sth. was[κάποιος/κάτι] ήταν
sb./sth. is[κάτι/κάποιος] είναι
unverified sb./sth. may [might]δύναται [παρωχ.] [απαρχ.]
to foolκάνω βλάκα
fool {noun}βλάκας {ο}
fool {noun}ανόητος {ο}
unverified sb. hitκάποιος χτύπησε
unverified sb. triesκάποιος επιχειρεί να
unverified sb. boughtκπ. αγόρασε
unverified sb. treasuredκαποιός συνέλεξε
unverified sb. complainedκάποιος παραπονέθηκε
sb. hurtκάποιος πλήγωσε
sb. decidesκάποιος αποφασίζει
χημ.
antimony {noun} <Sb>
αντιμόνιο {το} <Sb>
sb. did[κάποιος] έκανε
sb. shall[κάποιος] θα
sb. would[κάποιος] θα [+παρατατικός]
to wake sb.ξυπνώ
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Usage Examples English
  • his impersonation was so accurate that he managed to fool the MP Richard Body that he was really speaking to Major in a prank phone call.
  • Argamasilla managed to fool Gustav Geley and Charles Richet into believing he had genuine psychic powers.
  • During World War II, the entire area of Lockheed's Vega factory was camouflaged to fool an enemy reconnaissance effort.
  • Andhaka then disguised himself as Shiva to fool Parvati, but she managed to recognised him and hid among her servants.
  • Mac has a local news crew record the transmission and rebroadcasts it on a loop to fool Payne while the passengers are offloaded onto an airport bus.

  • Visual arts have a tradition, stretching back to antiquity, of artifacts meant to fool the eye and be mistaken for reality.
  • Although file corruption usually happens accidentally, it may also be done on purpose as a mean of procrastination, as to fool someone else into thinking an assignment was ready at an earlier date, potentially gaining time to finish said assignment.
  • He uses disguises to fool Mickey Mouse and the police, sometimes even appearing right in front of them without being noticed.
  • In the simple case, one could create a halftone using the same techniques used for printing shades of grey, but in this case the different printing colors have to remain physically close to each other to fool the eye into thinking they are a single color.
  • He also complained how charlatans abused the camera obscura to fool witless spectators and make them believe that the projections were magic or occult science.

  • Although surprised by Bartolo, Rosina manages to fool him, but he remains suspicious.
  • The alleged intent was to fool mariners into believing that the slow-moving lights were ships drifting at rest or at anchor, prompting the ships to change course and subsequently run aground.
  • Since only one side of the racquet is used to hit the ball, two contrasting rubber types can be applied to the blade, offering the advantage of "twiddling" the racket to fool the opponent.
  • Although Fogel managed to fool some people into believing he could perform genuine telepathy, the majority of his audience knew he was a showman.
  • They were all very young and loved to fool around.

  • In 2015, Volkswagen admitted that it had installed pollution-cheating software in many of its cars to fool regulators that its cars met emissions standards, when in fact they polluted at much higher levels than government standards.
  • In the deep-sea genus "Stauroteuthis", some of the muscle cells that control the suckers in most species have been replaced with photophores which are believed to fool prey by directing them to the mouth, making them one of the few bioluminescent octopuses.
  • A variant, the hook and lateral, where a forward pass is immediately passed backward to a second receiver to fool the defense, is used on occasion.
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