Like
Perform
Perform verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Walter Bishop started like this, but this is jossed in a Cerebus Retcon where Walter got William Bell to perform brain surgery on him to stop him becoming evil like Walternate.
Source: Ambiguous Disorder -
Instead of filming throughout a week, they would rehearse throughout the week and perform for the audience on Friday like it was a play.
Source: Series / Titus -
They work for the Unkindness, controlled by heretics to perform assassinations almost like a force of nature, using their collective sharp-edged wings to strip victims down to their bloody bones.
Source: Creepy Crows
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