Believe and Make up

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Believe verb - To regard as right or true.

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Make up and believe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make up" instead a verb "Believe".

Nearby Words: believed, believer

Make up verb - To be all the substance of.

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Believe and make up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Believe" instead a verb "Make up".

When delinquents (like a young Shotaro) would make up lies to avoid getting in trouble, he would believe them so completely that the liars would end up wanting to believe it themselves.

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Happens in Friends when Chandler wants to help Joey with his rent money and needs to make up a game that Joey will believe is real to 'gamble' over.

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The Firefly Effect refers to viewers being afraid of committing to a new series because they don't believe the series will last long enough to make up for the investment of time and emotions.

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