"make as if" meaning in Inglês

See make as if in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

  1. fazer como se; comportar-se como se fosse, fazer de conta, fingir ser, fingir
    Sense id: pt-make_as_if-en-phrase-E6gS1ZOj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: behave as if, make believe, pretend, fake, feign, play, simulate, imagine
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