Declare and Pretend

Declare

Declare verb - To make known openly or publicly.

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Pretend and declare are semantically related in confess topic. In some cases you can use "Pretend" instead a verb "Declare".

Pretend verb - To take on a false or deceptive appearance.

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Declare and pretend are semantically related in confess topic. Sometimes you can use "Declare" instead a verb "Pretend".

loyalty	declare loyalty	pretend loyalty
someone	declare someone	pretend someone
game	declare game	pretend game
head	declare head	pretend head
Other words: nothing, anyone, enemy, son, neutrality, feelings, names.

Her response to eating a burger the chef cooks his way is to pretend to gag on it and then declare the chef the bully for calling her out.

Source: Series / Kitchen Nightmares
After their daughter Jeyne, likely the only family member who doesn't fit this trope, marries King Robb Stark, leader of one of the armies opposed to the Lannisters in the War of Five Kings, they pretend to declare loyalty to the Starks.

Source: Fake Defector

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