sail under false colors (English, verb)
expansion: sail under false colors (third-person singular simple present sails under false colors, present participle sailing under false colors, simple past and past participle sailed under false colors)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To deceive or intentionally mystify.
tags: idiomatic
obsolete
Forms:
form: sails under false colors
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sailing under false colors
tags: participle
present
form: sailed under false colors
tags: participle
past
form: sailed under false colors
tags: past