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verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in make-believe.
2.
to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
3.
to perform in a play.
verb (used with object)
4.
to dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar.
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Play-act
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World English Dictionary
| play-act | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to pretend or make believe |
| 2. | (intr) to behave in an overdramatic or affected manner |
| 3. | to act in or as in (a play) |
| 'play-acting | |
| —n | |
| 'play-actor | |
| —n | |
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