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词汇 to pull a fast one
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fast one

a clever and devious trick. (Compare this with pull a fast one.) That was a fast one. I didn't know you were so devious. This was the last fast one like that you'll ever catch me with.

pull a fast one

Inf. to succeed in an act of deception. She was pulling a fast one when she said she had a headache and went home. Don't try to pull a fast one with me! I know what you're doing.

pull a fast one

Also, put over a fast one. Engage in a deceitful practice or play an unfair trick. For example, He pulled a fast one when he gave me that fake employment record, or She tried to put over a fast one, but we found out in time to stop her. [Slang; c. 1920]

pull a fast one

INFORMAL
If someone pulls a fast one, they trick someone. The crowd obviously thought I was trying to pull a fast one to get a better seat. Note: You can also say that someone pulls a fast one on someone else. Someone had pulled a fast one on her and she was not going to let them get away with it.

pull a fast one

try to gain an unfair advantage by rapid action of some sort. informal
This phrase was originally early 20th-century US slang and is also found as put over a fast one .
1993 What Mortgage We also know what prices should be and will pull up any builder trying to pull a fast one.

pull a ˈfast one (on somebody)

(slang) tell lies or cheat somebody, for example in order to get their money, possessions, etc.; deceive somebody: Don’t try to pull a fast one on me. I’m not stupid, you know.

fast one

1. n a fast act of sex; a quickie; a quick one. I think we’ve got time for a fast one!
2. n. a fast or quickly performed activity, such as eating or drinking something. Here’s a tavern. You got time for a fast one?
3. n. a clever and devious trick. (see also pull a fast one.) That was a fast one. I didn’t know you were so devious.

pull a fast one

tv. to outwit or outsmart someone by a clever and timely maneuver. Don’t try to pull a fast one on me.

pull a fast one

Informal
To play a trick or perpetrate a fraud.

pull a fast one, to

To execute an unfair trick. This slangy Americanism dates from about 1920. A. Gilbert was one of many popular novelists to use it (Death Against the Clock, 1958): “Mad to think they can pull a fast one.”
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