"make love to the camera" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes love to the camera [present, singular, third-person], making love to the camera [participle, present], made love to the camera [participle, past], made love to the camera [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> love to the camera|head=make love to the camera}} make love to the camera (third-person singular simple present makes love to the camera, present participle making love to the camera, simple past and past participle made love to the camera)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To pose or act in a way that suggests genuine emotional involvement, while being filmed or photographed. Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Film, Photography
    Sense id: en-make_love_to_the_camera-en-verb-13szfrDg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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