slip something over on

Idioms

Hoodwink, trick, as in Her lawyer tried to slip one over on him, but his lawyer wouldn't let him get away with it, or Don't trust Dan—he's always slipping something over on his customers. [c. 1900]

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slip something over on

British, French and Americans thought he was letting the Russkis slip something over on the whole Allied expedition.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.

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