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To emphasize or call attention to

To brandish one's possessions as a signal of one's status

To make a false show or pretense of

To outwardly look or be perceived as

Verb

To emphasize or call attention to

calls attention to

lets people know about

makes a big thing of

makes a point of

makes a song and dance about

makes mountains out of molehills

makes a big deal out of something

brings attention to

gives prominence to

brings to the fore

draws attention to

places emphasis on

gives an emphasis to

puts emphasis on

focuses attention on

labors the point

makes too much of something

overemphasizes^US

blows something out of all proportion

lays it on with a trowel

overemphasises^UK

blows up out of all proportion

lays it on thick

draws the longbow

makes a big thing about

makes a drama out of a crisis

stretches the truth

places too much emphasis on

makes a federal case of

hammers away at

discusses at length

makes a production out of

lays it on with a shovel

overembellishes

makes a production of

makes a thing of

makes a thing about

makes federal case

goes overboard with

romanticises^UK

overexaggerates

goes to extremes

lays it on with a trowel about

romanticizes^US

piles it on about

blows out of proportion

lays it on thick about

attaches too much importance to

goes on and on about

attaches too much weight to

lays too much stress on

goes over the top about

more ❯

“Essentially, we'd sooner eat, or make a show of eating, unseasoned dog's giblets, than cause a scene.”

Verb

To brandish one's possessions as a signal of one's status

displays ostentatiously

makes a great show of

makes an exhibition of

puts on display

throws in one's face

draws attention to

lets it all hang out

shows to advantage

brings to light

exposes to view

gives publicity to

calls attention to

puts on public view

puts on a display

shows to the public

parades one's wares

lets the cat out of the bag

gives the show away

gives the game away

blows wide open

allows to be seen

shows off about

gives oneself airs about

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Verb

To make a false show or pretense of

gives the appearance of

makes a pretence of

goes through the motions of

lays it on thick

puts up a front

goes through the motions

gives appearance of

puts on a false display

puts on a front

puts on a false front

passes oneself off as

shucks and jives

tells a white lie

creates out of thin air

puts up a smoke screen

pretends to have

swings the lead

professes to have

puts up a front of

makes a pretense

presents a false front

presents a false face

assumes the role of

professes to be

plays to the gallery

puts on a pretense

assumes the role

does an impression of

does an impression

follows in footsteps

tries to be like

behaves affectedly

cops an attitude

strikes an attitude

assumes an attitude

plays the part of

disguises yourself

sweeps under the carpet

draws a veil over

keeps quiet about

sweeps under the rug

stretches the truth

departs from the truth

makes up a story

forswears oneself

invents a story

speaks with forked tongue

creates fiction

tells a terminological inexactitude

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

tells a little white lie

pulls someone's leg

does a take-off

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Verb

To outwardly look or be perceived as

gives the idea of

has the appearance of being

comes across as

comes across as being

gives the feeling of

gives the impression of being

shows signs of being

has the air of being

conveys the impression

creates the impression

gives the impression

has the appearance of

has the look of

presents as being

has the aspects of

has the earmarks of

has the features of

has the qualities of

looks as if you are

looks as though one is

looks like you are

shows every sign of

sounds as if you are

gives someone the feeling that one is

looks as if one is

looks like one is

has the appearance

manifests being

shows every sign of being

strikes as being

conveys the impression being

creates the impression being

gives the feeling of being

gives the idea of being

gives the impression being

has the look of being

makes a show of being

occurs to one as

displays signs of being

gives every appearance of being

gives every indication of being

makes like one is

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