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Autor:  Thomas - USA
E-mail:  Mary
Data:  11/ABR/2016 4:00 PM
Assunto:  Buffalo
 
Mensagem:  Are you sure it means "to bully"?  Here is what Merriam-Webster has to say about it:

2buf·fa·lo 
transitive verb
 \ˈbə-fə-ˌlō also ˈbə-(ˌ)flō\
inflected form(s): -ed/-ing/-es
:  bamboozle, bewilder, overawe, baffle<he tried to buffalo me at first meeting but I soon caught on to his tricks>

First Known Use of BUFFALO

1891

Related to BUFFALO

Synonyms:
bamboozle, beguile, bluff, deceive, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff,gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide,misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, sucker, suck in, take in, trick
Antonyms:
undeceive


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Buffalo  –  Noelle  11/ABR/2016, 12:24 PM
 Buffalo  –  Thomas - USA  11/ABR/2016, 4:00 PM
Buffalo  –  Noelle  11/ABR/2016, 5:28 PM
Buffalo  –  Josi  11/ABR/2016, 5:33 PM
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