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try it on

To test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are.
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“Come, come,” said James, putting his hand to his nose and winking at his cousin with a pair of vinous eyes, “no jokes, old boy; no trying it on on me. You want to trot me out, but it’s no go. In vino veritas, old boy ”

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Submitted on January 20, 2019

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try it onTo try to start a sexual relationship.
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