put one over

present singular third person puts one over · participle present putting one over

1. idiomaticTo succeed in a deception.

   Synonyms: get one over on, pull one over

2. idiomaticwith onTo fool, trick, or deceive.

   He is the bad-boy-made-good, and in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, everyone loves someone who can put one over on authority.

   2007 May 16, Andrew Downie, “Brazil Braces for a (Bogus) Soccer Milestone”, in Time, retrieved 28 Jun 2015

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   "[Y]ou surely aren't thinking you can put one over on me in this business? Tell me, you don't take me for that sort of ivory-skulled boob?"

   1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 9, in The Little Nugget