Synonyms
Examples of fake out in a Sentence
my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday
used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender
Recent Examples on the Web
The discography deep-dive portion of the set list kicked off with something of a fake out.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
The move pretty much faked out the forecasters and had the National Weather Service scrambling to draft a new cone of uncertainty.
—Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
Jaquez has impressive footwork and control with the ball to fake out defenders, and a majority of his scoring came from the midrange.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
It’s meant to fake out patients one way or the other so that, theoretically, even those not receiving the drug being researched might feel a bit of a psychedelic effect.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
Murray faked out the Chicago Cubs crowd by pausing before heading to the mound, only to jet off in a full-out sprint around the bases and then slide into home plate.
—Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
Similarly, Disney Channel alum Sabrina Carpenter opted to fake out an audience while on tour in Salt Lake City.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
So was that a fake out for viewers?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 May 2022
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
The move pretty much faked out the forecasters and had the National Weather Service scrambling to draft a new cone of uncertainty.
—Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
Jaquez has impressive footwork and control with the ball to fake out defenders, and a majority of his scoring came from the midrange.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
It’s meant to fake out patients one way or the other so that, theoretically, even those not receiving the drug being researched might feel a bit of a psychedelic effect.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
Murray faked out the Chicago Cubs crowd by pausing before heading to the mound, only to jet off in a full-out sprint around the bases and then slide into home plate.
—Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
Similarly, Disney Channel alum Sabrina Carpenter opted to fake out an audience while on tour in Salt Lake City.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
So was that a fake out for viewers?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 May 2022
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“Fake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fake%20out. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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