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slip something over on

  1. 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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But that thrice-repeated vote has not quieted the suspicions of those throughout the nation who have an uneasy feeling that Mr. Roosevelt, under cover of the emergency, is trying "to slip something over" on democracy�socialism, collectivism or regimentation.

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

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