Bluff
Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
Diddle and bluff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diddle" instead a verb "Bluff".
Diddle
Diddle verb - To move or act slowly.
Mutual synonyms
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