Play dead and Roll over

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Roll over and play dead are semantically related in resign topic. In some cases you can use "Roll over" instead a verb phrase "Play dead".

Roll over verb - Make a rolling motion or turn.

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Play dead and roll over are semantically related in resign topic. Sometimes you can use "Play dead" instead a verb "Roll over".

Amongst rabbit owners (or any small pet, for that matter): Do not, under any circumstances, flip your rabbit on its back and then say that it "looks so cute when sleeping like that." Rabbits are prey animals, and when faced with danger will roll over and play dead.

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I seem to recall from Willard, last summer's big rat movie, that Willard trained Ben to heel, beg, roll over, play dead and sic Ernest Borgnine.

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