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| Main Entry: |
play possum
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be dead |
| Synonyms: | bluff, pretend to sleep, put up a bluff, roll over and play dead |
| Main Entry: | feign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, fabricate, fake, forge, four-flush, give appearance of, imagine, imitate, invent, make show of, phony up, play, play possum, put on, put on act, put up a front, sham*, simulate, stonewall |
| Antonyms: | be true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick; pull a hoax |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum, pretend, put on, put up a front, shuck and jive, simulate, sucker |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
| Main Entry: | put on an act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act a part |
| Synonyms: | bluff, fake, feign, invent, let on like, make up, play possum, play the part, pose, pretend, simulate |
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