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1
to cause to believe what is untrue
- my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday
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2
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
- used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender
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The first known use of fake out was in 1949
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