to sucker
26
6.0
- verb
- /ˈsʌkər/
- Informal
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- Maybe you can even sucker them into grading your test for you at the end!
- get suckered
- try to sucker someone
- suckered into thinking
I mean, he got sucked suckered into a lot of like real crazy, weird stuff.
- I mean, he got sucked suckered into a lot of like real crazy, weird stuff.
Examples
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Outdated, expensive, useless American equipment that we were suckered into buying.
Fiction book (1991) -
And I got suckered into managing it after we got married just like she wanted.
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You were the one who suckered me into this.
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- You got suckered tonight, kid.
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You almost suckered me in!
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I suckered him into playing.
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When you got suckered into the mess at the Kennedy Center, you wanted me at your side.
Fiction book (1990) -
But I'm not going to try to sucker an honest person just because she's dumb enough to like me.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sometimes I was almost suckered into thinking that my ambition could coexist with a husband and children.
Fiction book (1996) -
He tried to sucker me into buying a timeshare during his presentation.
Synonyms
704
2.1
To trick someone into believing something that is not true
270
3.7
To get someone to do something by offering a reward or making false promises
270
3.9
To make someone believe something that is not true to get an advantage
61
7.3
To trick someone into giving their money or things
20
3.9
To trick someone into giving money or their things
20
5.5
To cheat someone and take their money by lying
18
3.2
To use something to lure a person, animal or fish into a trap
11
7.4
To make someone believe something that is not true
11
8.3
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
8
7.5
To trick someone so they look foolish
7
7.4
Treat someone as stupid to trick or cheat them
6
8.1
To trick someone into giving you their money or other things
4
8.4
To attract and charm someone while tricking them
3
6.1
To trick someone into a trap or danger
1
9.9
To trick someone to take their money or things
To trick someone to get their money
To trick someone easily so you can get what you want
To cheat someone by lying to get their money
To cheat someone using tricks or fake deals
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A freshwater fish with reddish fins that lives in rivers and streams in North America
How Deceptive
- Formal
40
6.9
20
5.5
- Informal
26
6.0
326
3.5
87
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
To sucker meaning 'to trick' can be remembered by the image of someone being 'sucked in' by a story. The trick 'takes them in', so to 'sucker' someone is to fool them.