decoy
verb/dɪˈkɔɪ/
/dɪˈkɔɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decoy | /dɪˈkɔɪ/ /dɪˈkɔɪ/ |
| he / she / it decoys | /dɪˈkɔɪz/ /dɪˈkɔɪz/ |
| past simple decoyed | /dɪˈkɔɪd/ /dɪˈkɔɪd/ |
| past participle decoyed | /dɪˈkɔɪd/ /dɪˈkɔɪd/ |
| -ing form decoying | /dɪˈkɔɪɪŋ/ /dɪˈkɔɪɪŋ/ |
- decoy somebody/something to trick somebody/something into doing what you want them to do, going where you want them to go, etc.
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