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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sailing under False Colours

Pretending to be what you are not. The allusion is to pirate vessels, which hoist any colours to elude detection.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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