How to pronounce “play-act”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To perform on stage; to act in a play.
• (transitive) To play (a scene, role etc.); to act out.
• (intransitive, figuratively) To engage in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage.
• (transitive, figuratively) To make a pretence of; to feign or simulate.

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