"donner le change" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /dɔ.ne l(ə) ʃɑ̃ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-donner le change.wav
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} donner le change
  1. (hunting, of game) to set a hunter on the wrong track (to escape by directing the hunter's attention to another animal) Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-donner_le_change-fr-verb-r6Izx-8y Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  2. (figurative) to deceive, to pull the wool over (someone's) eyes [with à ‘someone’] Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-donner_le_change-fr-verb-htekG6Df
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fausse piste, brouiller les pistes
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