Follow and Impersonate

Follow

Follow verb - To come after in time.

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Impersonate and follow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impersonate" instead a verb "Follow".

Nearby Words: following, follower, followed

Impersonate verb - To pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior.

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Follow and impersonate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Follow" instead a verb "Impersonate".

character	follow character	impersonate character
man	follow man	impersonate man
people	follow people	impersonate people
god	follow god	impersonate god
Other words: someone, characters, father.

In the second Mistborn book, Vin literally kills a dog so that her shapeshifter (who can only take the shape of the creatures he's eaten) can impersonate it and follow her around inconspicuously.

Source: Shoot The Dog / Literature

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