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play-acting
verb as in act
Weak matches
- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play act
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- say one's piece
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
Example Sentences
Even when he's play-acting, as he was on Monday at Arlington, he can't seem to get it right.
Never before has Linklater done a picture so awash in the pleasures of play-acting and sultry sex.
The 29-year-old appeared to be limping as he left The City Ground and Ten Hag feels the criticism of Fernandes' perceived play-acting is unfair.
At her trial, it is widely agreed the injuries seen in the footage of their visit are self-inflicted and she is "play-acting" and pretending to be semi-conscious.
While critics mocked its arena battles as mindless play-acting, the fight to get them on screen was a serious business.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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