FEINT
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Example

The boxer used a feint to open his opponent's guard.

Definition

A deceptive movement to mislead an opponent

  • A pretended attack to draw defense away
  • A stratagem intended to provoke a reaction

To make a deceptive movement to mislead

  • To fake an attack to draw defense
  • To bait an opponent into reacting

Feigned or deceptive, intended to mislead

  • Of an attack, directed away from the true target
  • Sham, not genuine, used as a lure