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247 entries under expression topic. ×
| make believe(promote, cheat, trick, pretend) | |
| make merry(play, pretend, tease, laugh) | |
| make out(fake, assume, fool, affect) | |
| move secretly(verb, slip, hide, steal) | |
| move stealthily(verb, slip, hide, steal) | |
| move to the side(verb, idiom, move, cut) | |
| not show(verb, upset, fail, thwart) | |
| pass off(fake, assume, fool, affect) | |
| pass oneself off as(idiom, fake, assume, fool) | |
| pass up(avoid, hide, escape, conceal) | |
| phony up(fake, twist, alter, rig) | |
| play Judas(attack, abandon, cross, betray) | |
| play a trick on(idiom, cheat, trick, mislead) | |
| play false(verb, idiom, cause, abandon) | |
| play for a sucker(verb, idiom, take, fool) | |
| play joke on(verb, idiom, trick, swindle) | |
| play the clown(idiom, play, tease, laugh) | |
| play tricks(play, pretend, tease, laugh) | |
| poke fun(play, pretend, tease, laugh) | |
| pull a fast one(verb, idiom, cheat, trick) |
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