make believe

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verb

represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- She makes like an actress
• Syn:
make, pretend
• Derivationally related forms:
make-believe, pretend (for: pretend)
• Hypernyms:
act, play, represent
• Hyponyms:
go through the motions
• Verb Group:
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: make)