put one across

1. 1.

   fool or hoax

   “The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”

   “You can't fool me!”

   Synonymsgulldupeslangbefoolcodfoolput ontake input one over

   Broaderdeceive

   Narrowerpull the leg of

Questions about put one across

What does put one across mean?

put one across means "fool or hoax".

What is another word for put one across?

Close synonyms include gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod. 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 put one across a common word?

put one across 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.