Act and Pass for

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Act verb - To present a false appearance of.

Usage example: if you act confidence long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it

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Pass for and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pass for" instead a verb "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Pass for verb - To present a false appearance of.

Usage example: in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are anything but

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Act and pass for are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Pass for".

The "spassers" act less like actually mental challenged people and more like the kind of childishly naïve adults who pass for such in movies, milking peoples sympathies to do whatever they want.

Source: Film / The Idiots
N-Word Privileges: Sacha Baron Cohen is a practicing Jew, and so generally gets a pass for making anti-semitism such a big part of his act.

Source: Film / Borat
Vague Age: Tweedledee and Tweedledum dress like and act like children, and could pass for large kids, especially in the bizarre Wonderland, but they are shown to be balding underneath their caps, making them look like grown men dressed as kids.

Source: Disney / Alice in Wonderland

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