throw dust in the eyes of (someone)

To mislead or deceive someone by presenting or introducing distracting or obfuscating information. It is a common tactic of despotic governments to throw dust in the eyes of the people with fear and incitements to hatred in order to keep us from questioning their consolidation of power.

See also: dust, eye, of, throw

See also:

throw dust in (one's) eyes
throw dust in (one's) face
throw dust in someone's eyes
throw dust in someone's eyes, to
come it over
come it over (one)
garden path, to lead up/down the
catfish
fake out
fake someone out

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