dupe
verb/djuːp/
/duːp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dupe | /djuːp/ /duːp/ |
| he / she / it dupes | /djuːps/ /duːps/ |
| past simple duped | /djuːpt/ /duːpt/ |
| past participle duped | /djuːpt/ /duːpt/ |
| -ing form duping | /ˈdjuːpɪŋ/ /ˈduːpɪŋ/ |
- to trick or cheat somebody
- dupe somebody They soon realized they had been duped.
- dupe somebody into doing something He was duped into giving them his credit card.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from dialect French dupe ‘hoopoe’, from the bird's supposedly stupid appearance.Want to learn more?
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