Don't kid yourself

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi teacher
Is this common use:don’t kid yourself

He doesn’t love you, don’t kid yourself!

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yes

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Beeesneees,
“He doesn’t love you, don’t kid yourself!”
In this sentence, does ‘don’t kid yourself’ mean ‘Don’t imagine yourself and don’t get cheated’?
Thanks.

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From Longman dictionary:

5 [[color=green]transitive] to let yourself believe something that is untrue or unlikely

[color=blue]kid yourself (that)
Don’t kid yourself he’ll ever change.
We thought we could change the world. Just who were we trying to kid?

Source: ldoceonline.com/dictionary/kid_2

PS. IMO, “don’t kid yourself” = “don’t delude yourself” in this case.