English Explanatory Dictionary

salt the mine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see salt, the, mine.
  2. To set up a confidence trick; to plant false evidence of the value of something.

Word forms

salt the mine salts the mine salting the mine salted the mine
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