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Meaning: (slang,idiomatic,often followed byon)Tocarry outatrickor act ofdeception; tobehavecontrarytoexpectations.This isn't worth anything like what you paid them. I think theypulled a fast oneon you.1992August 7,Andrew Rosenthal, “The 1992 Campaign: Bush Says Rival Would ‘Pull a Fast One’ Over Taxes”, inNew York Times[1], retrieved3 November 2017:President Bush today made his most aggressive assault yet on Gov. Bill Clinton, asserting that the Democratic nominee would "pull a fast oneon the American people" and raise taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars.1998March 16, Daniel Kadlec, “Is That You, Al Dunlap?”, inTime[2], retrieved3 November 2017:The man known as Chainsaw Alpulled a fast onelast week, buying three companies when everyone assumed he would be selling his own.2013April 2,Ricky Tomlinson, “10 lies we're told about welfare”, inThe Guardian[3], retrieved3 November 2017:7. Claimants arepulling a fast one. No. Less than 1% of the welfare budget is lost to fraud.2021January 11, Mimi Swartz, “Never Forget What Ted Cruz Did”, inThe New York Times[4],→ISSN:But then came Jan. 6, when I watched my Ivy League-educated senator, Ted Cruz, try topullyet anotherfast oneon the American people as he fought — not long before the certification process was disrupted by a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol and forcing their way into the Senate chamber — to challenge the election results.2024April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, inRAIL, number1007, page57:The chap opposite seems to be trying topull a fast one, and having seen the guard is trying to buy a ticket online... but doesn't succeed. The guard helpfully sells him one, but not quite at the price of one purchased in advance. In fairness he doesn't kick off, nor does the guard treat him like some common criminal. It's a fair cop - or should that be a fare cop?
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