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hamming
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imagine(play, fake, counterfeit, pretend, sham)
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imitate(verb, act, play, do, create)
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knock off(expression, suggest, imitate, reproduce, replicate)
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let on
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lift(verb, act, favor, create, affect)
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make like(verb, expression, act, play, perform)
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make out like(verb, expression, idiom, play, fake)
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make up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, play, do)
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masquerade(verb, act, play, do, fake)
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masquerade as(verb, expression, phrasal verb, act, play)
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mimic(verb, act, play, do, create)
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