pull a fast one

Definition

To carry out a trick or act of deception; to behave contrary to expectations.

Example Sentences

• "This isn't worth anything like what you paid them. I think they pulled a fast one on you."
• "I haven't forgotten the way you tried to pull a fast one over me when you first came here—over the Jaintiapur plantation that I had wanted for some time."
• "President Bush today made his most aggressive assault yet on Gov. Bill Clinton, asserting that the Democratic nominee would "pull a fast one on the American people" and raise taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars."