How to Use fake out in a Sentence
fake out
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Enlarge / Artist's conception of EA trying to fake out cheaters with its new tools.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2022
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Paulino and teammate Noah Hanson both lined up to take the free kick early in the contest in an attempt to fake out the defense.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2021
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Putin's inflatable army: Does Russia plan to fake out the West with inflatable tanks?
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
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Unless, of course, Schulman is just saying all this to fake out the competition.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 26 May 2021
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But receivers do something similar and try to fake out defensive backs with their own eye fakes.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2020
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In the wake of the Volkswagen diesel cheating scandal, in which the company used software to fake out emissions tests, new management has hitched the company’s future to electric vehicles.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
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Never underestimate the power of an artificial plant to even fake out a gardener.
—Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful, 14 Sep. 2020
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Defensive lineman Anthony Lucas, a five-start recruit, the state's most coveted senior football player, knew how to fake out offensive linemen in his stellar high school football career.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
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