pull a fast one on

Questions about pull a fast one on

What does pull a fast one on mean?

pull a fast one on means "deceive somebody".

What is another word for pull a fast one on?

Close synonyms include flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pull a fast one on a common word?

pull a fast one on is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.