Admit
Pretend
Pretend verb - To take on a false or deceptive appearance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Erasmus doesn't like Thieves very much, so the correct way to answer the question is to either admit or pretend that you don't know the password.
Source: Secret Test of Character -
Naturally, he can't admit to any of this and has to pretend to be his brother from then on.
Source: Church of Happyology -
At the end of the movie though, he does admit to Mavis that he would have if Johnny didn't pretend to hate monsters.
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