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make out like

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Main Entry: affect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend, imitate

Synonyms:

act, adopt, aspire to, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, do a bit, fake, feign, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put on, put up a front, sham*, simulate, take on
Notes: as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result'
effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect
Main Entry: distort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deform; falsify

Synonyms:

alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe

Antonyms:

beautify, shape nicely, straight
Main Entry: pose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend, fake

Synonyms:

act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand, impersonate, make believe, make out like, masquerade, pass off, peacock, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs, put up a front, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude, take off as

Antonyms:

be genuine
Main Entry: pretend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: play the part of

Synonyms:

act, assume the role, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, represent, reproduce, suppose

Antonyms:

be honest
Main Entry: play-act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend

Synonyms:

act, assume the role, counterfeit, dissemble, fake*, feign, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, represent, reproduce, sham*, simulate, suppose
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