Dress as and Pretend

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Pretend and dress as are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretend" instead a verb "Dress as".

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

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Dress as and pretend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dress as" instead a verb "Pretend".

Tamora and her sons dress as metaphorical deities of Rape, Murder, and Revenge so they can pretend to ally with the insane Titus.

Source: Film / Titus
Recursive Crossdressing: The perp in a Season 2 episode was a woman who would dress as a male to perform a magic act, and would pretend to be mute so that she wouldn't have to reveal her voice.

Source: Series / iZombie
On SpongeBob SquarePants, Sandy has Patrick dress as a gorilla and pretend to attack her in a ploy to get SpongeBob out of his house.

Source: Engineered Heroics

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