Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Flaunt
Flaunt verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Usage example: she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces
Nearby Word: flaunting
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In The Squad by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the cheerleaders are the members of a Junior CIA group and flaunt ditziness and/or bitchiness as an act to maintain their cover and keep people from probing them too closely.
Source: Pom Pom Girl
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