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was pretending
verb
To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
synonyms
Exact(53)
"They thought he was pretending.
I was pretending to be me.
Ah, so she was pretending.
He thought I was pretending.
Everybody else was pretending I wasn't there".
I was pretending to enjoy myself.
Similar(7)
It is pretending otherwise.
No one is pretending.
"We were pretending to be Sunni mujahideen.
"The city is pretending to house people".
He is pretending not to see me.
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