"mock out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mocks out [present, singular, third-person], mocking out [participle, present], mocked out [participle, past], mocked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mock out (third-person singular simple present mocks out, present participle mocking out, simple past and past participle mocked out)
  1. (programming, transitive) To replace (source code or other software elements) with a stub that exhibits the desired behaviour, typically for use in automated testing. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming

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