play-act
verb/ˈpleɪ ækt/
/ˈpleɪ ækt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they play-act | /ˈpleɪ ækt/ /ˈpleɪ ækt/ |
| he / she / it play-acts | /ˈpleɪ ækts/ /ˈpleɪ ækts/ |
| past simple play-acted | /ˈpleɪ æktɪd/ /ˈpleɪ æktɪd/ |
| past participle play-acted | /ˈpleɪ æktɪd/ /ˈpleɪ æktɪd/ |
| -ing form play-acting | /ˈpleɪ æktɪŋ/ /ˈpleɪ æktɪŋ/ |
- to behave in a way that seems to be honest and sincere when in fact you are pretending
- He thought she was play-acting but in fact she had really hurt herself.
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