| VERB | communication | go through the motions | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it |
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| Meaning | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |