hoodwink
verb (used with object)
to deceive or trick.
were hoodwinking
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past progressiveof hoodwink.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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There was no end to the shifts to which the patriots resorted, under the belief that they were hoodwinking Major Sirr.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
