Claiming and Would-be

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Would-be and claiming are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Would-be" instead an adjective "Claiming".

Nearby Words: claim, claimed, claimant

Would-be adjective - Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.

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Claiming and would-be are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claiming" instead an adjective phrase "Would-be".

Invoked in Pee-wee's Big Adventure, when Pee-wee tries to brush his would-be girlfriend off by claiming to be a loner, in spite of having hordes of friends.

Source: Informed Loner
Axel tries to cover for them by claiming that they simply followed him to the strip club and apprehended the would-be robbers on their own and calls them "super-cops" but Taggart denies this and ends up telling the truth instead.

Source: Film / Beverly Hills Cop
This is not to say that he won't twist the bargain to his own ends, as he does when he fakes the murder Regina wanted him to frame Mary for, claiming that Regina never explicitly told him to kill the would-be victim.

Source: I Gave My Word

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