pretend
101string along — pretend that you believe, go along with When Franz talks about shark fishing, I just string along …
102put up a good front — pretend to be happy, fool people about one s status He always puts up a good front but actually he is very unhappy …
103turn a deaf ear to — pretend not to hear, refuse to hear The company turned a deaf ear to our demands for more money and holidays. Digest 20/2002 to ignore someone The child had been whining and crying all day. Eventually his mother turned a deaf ear and ignored him …
104play something down — pretend that something is less important than it in fact is. → play …
105pose as — pretend to be. → pose …
106turn a blind eye — pretend not to notice. [said to be in allusion to Nelson, who lifted a telescope to his blind eye at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), thus not seeing the signal to ‘discontinue the action’.] → blind …
107whistle in the dark — pretend to be unafraid. → whistle …
108wink at — pretend not to notice (something bad). → wink …
109say that black is white — pretend/say that black is white to say the opposite of what is really true. She ll say that black is white if she thinks it s to her advantage …
110make believe — Pretend, feign, appear, seem, act as if, make as if …