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| past belief(extraordinary, amazing, incredible) | |
| phony up(verb, do, fake, assume) | |
| play a role(verb, idiom, mock, steal) | |
| put up a front(verb, idiom, promote, fake) | |
| soft shell(wrong, fake, false, counterfeit) | |
| string along(promote, fake, deceive, mislead) | |
| take leaf out of book(verb, idiom, mock, steal) | |
| take off(verb, trick, mock, steal) | |
| take off as(verb, copy, imitate, reproduce) | |
| too much(extraordinary, amazing, dubious, suspect) | |
| way off(mad, unreasonable, irrational) | |
| alleged imaginary(fake, counterfeit, lying) | |
| as it were(idiom, virtual, would-be, quasi) | |
| bearing false witness(verb, idiom, misguide, stat) | |
| ben trovato(idiom, untruth) | |
| conjure up(suggest, reproduce, replicate) | |
| fake imitation(fake, false, mock) | |
| false claim(pretense, affectation, pretentiousness) | |
| false colors(appearance, cover, fake, color) | |
| glossed over(verb, imitate, reproduce, misguide) |
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