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Present participle for to act out a character, typically as a performance

Present participle for to feign or mimic an act, expression or appearance

Present participle for to act or perform a portrayal of

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Present participle for to make a performance of

Present participle for to imagine or dream about something

The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally

Interactive form of acting, using imagination to assume and perform different character roles

A false front or appearance, or the act of putting one up

A false front or fake act

A theatrical performance using mime

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Verb

Present participle for to act out a character, typically as a performance

“Once ensconced in the small town they have invaded, they don costumes and play-act on stage in the town's unoccupied theater, music playing all the while.”

Verb

Present participle for to feign or mimic an act, expression or appearance

putting on an act

putting on airs

making out like

putting on a front

assuming the role

going through the motions

putting up a front

playing the part

pretending to be

letting on like

passing oneself off as

acting as though

playing the part of

masquerading as

making a pretence of

giving appearance of

giving the appearance of

going through the motions of

making a show of

putting on a false display

putting on a pretense

playing to the gallery

shucking and jiving

putting on a false front

putting up a smoke screen

misrepresenting

telling untruth

telling a white lie

creating out of thin air

laying it on thick

pretending to have

swinging the lead

professing to have

putting up a front of

making a pretense

claiming falsely

presenting a false front

presenting a false face

professing to be

assuming the role of

doing an impression

following in footsteps

doing an impression of

patterning after

trying to be like

behaving affectedly

striking an attitude

assuming an attitude

striking a pose

disguising yourself

copping an attitude

sweeping under the rug

sweeping under the carpet

keeping quiet about

keeping a lid on

drawing a veil over

telling stories

telling untruths

stretching the truth

departing from the truth

forswearing oneself

making up a story

inventing a story

not telling the truth

doing a take-off

speaking with forked tongue

telling a little white lie

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

telling a terminological inexactitude

pulling someone's leg

creating fiction

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“I told him to play-act like he was attacking me so he could slip back into the lodge.”

Verb

Present participle for to act or perform a portrayal of

Verb

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Verb

Present participle for to make a performance of

Verb

Present participle for to imagine or dream about something

Noun

The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally

pretentiousness

disingenuousness

misrepresentation

duplicitousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

being two-faced

false profession

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Noun

Interactive form of acting, using imagination to assume and perform different character roles

personification

Noun

A false front or appearance, or the act of putting one up

putting on an act

pretentiousness

superciliousness

airs and graces

assumed manners

going Hollywood

unnatural imitation

putting on airs

assuming a front

putting on a front

outward appearance

window dressing

false appearance

misrepresentation

window-dressing

facial expression

outward display

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Noun

A false front or fake act

misrepresentation

confidence trick

sanctimoniousness

smoke and mirrors

fraudulent scheme

oldest trick in the book

disingenuousness

hollow pretense

false pretension

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

attention-grabber

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

course of action

pharisaicalness

pretentiousness

hypocriticalness

hypocritical statement

pious platitudes

confidence game

sleight of hand

monkey business

artful deception

every trick in the book

bit of sharp practice

bait and switch

trumped-up charge

treacherousness

irresistible bait

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Noun

A theatrical performance using mime

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