"faire le mort" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /fɛʁ lə mɔʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire le mort.wav
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} faire le mort
  1. to play dead, to play possum (to act as though no longer alive)
    Sense id: en-faire_le_mort-fr-verb-2r8-vIJC
  2. (figuratively) to lie low; not to keep in touch; not to give any news, not to let people hear from one Tags: figuratively Synonyms: ne pas donner signe de vie Derived forms: poser la chique et faire le mort
    Sense id: en-faire_le_mort-fr-verb-4TR9-ZeY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0
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