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play the part

VERB

make believe

Synonyms

WEAK

act as if act as though bluff counterfeit dream enact fake fantasize feign fool imagine let on like make as if play play-act playact pretend simulate

Antonyms

WEAK

live reality

VERB

put on an act

Synonyms

WEAK

bluff fake feign invent let on like make up play possum pose pretend simulate

VERB

represent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mean perform produce serve serve as show speak for

STRONG

be betoken body copy embody enact epitomize equal equate exemplify exhibit express factor imitate impersonate personify reproduce stage substitute typify

WEAK

act as act as broker act for act in place of appear as assume the role of be agent for be attorney for be proxy for buy for correspond to do business for emblematize hold office put on sell for stand for steward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

refuse

STRONG

be original differ imbalance oppose reverse stop

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During his testimony last week, Musk tried at one point to play the part of his own legal counsel, accusing OpenAI's lawyer William Savitt of asking him leading questions.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

When she does such exercises with clients, Matsis-McCready will often play the part of a frustrated, or emotional, employee learning of a layoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

So what happens when a spare doesn't want to play the part any longer?

From Salon • May 10, 2025

There's so much of Gregor Fisher in ageing technophobe Ken, you might wonder just how much acting was actually required to play the part.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

To play the part she played—the perfectly natural, slightly ridiculous American fond mother—an artist was needed.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

play the part

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