buffalo vs pull the wool over one’s eyes

buffalo

verb
  • To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate. 

  • To hunt buffalo. 

noun
  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. 

  • The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.). 

  • Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. 

  • A nickel. 

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