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go through the motions
informal disapprovingDefinition
(Definition of go through the motions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Lies, lying & hypocrisy
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- Praising insincerely or too eagerly
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go through sth phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
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go through sth phrasal verb (EXPERIENCE)
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go through sth phrasal verb (PRACTISE)
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go through sth phrasal verb (USE)
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go through the floor idiom
- go through the motions idiom
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go through the roof idiom
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go through with sth phrasal verb
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go to bed with sb idiom
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go to blazes idiom
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go to great lengths idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Faking & pretending
Synonyms and related words:
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- affect verb (PRETEND)
- assume verb (PRETEND TO HAVE)
- believe verb
- changeling noun
- charlatan noun
- fake verb (FEELING/ILLNESS)
- fake verb (OBJECT)
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- false modesty noun
- falsify verb
- masquerade as sb/sth phrasal verb
- massage verb (FACTS/NUMBERS)
- pass sth/sb off as sth/sb phrasal verb
- phoney adjective
- play-acting noun
- purport verb
- put sth on phrasal verb (PRETEND)
- quackery noun
- simulate verb
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