"throw dust in someone's eyes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-throw dust in someone's eyes.ogg [Australia] Forms: throws dust in someone's eyes [present, singular, third-person], throwing dust in someone's eyes [participle, present], threw dust in someone's eyes [past], thrown dust in someone's eyes [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,threw,thrown>|head=~eye􂀿s:􂁀}} throw dust in someone's eyes (third-person singular simple present throws dust in someone's eyes, present participle throwing dust in someone's eyes, simple past threw dust in someone's eyes, past participle thrown dust in someone's eyes)
  1. (idiomatic) To delude or deceive someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-throw_dust_in_someone's_eyes-en-verb-IaVuIU-Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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