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let on like

VERB

make believe

Synonyms

WEAK

act as if act as though bluff counterfeit dream enact fake fantasize feign fool imagine make as if play play the part play-act playact pretend simulate

Antonyms

WEAK

live reality

VERB

put on an act

Synonyms

WEAK

bluff fake feign invent make up play possum play the part pose pretend simulate

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Seemed nobody had told Pastor Howard either, as he didn’t let on like he thought it was funny.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Why, they just don’t let on, like she was a regular person.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

I let on like I hadn’t seen this because I knew what it was.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

But Steve didn't let on like he noticed Bills at all, and retch and shuk hands with the other boys and ast how they was all a-comin' on.

From Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by Riley, James Whitcomb

But Steve did n't let on like he noticed Bills at all, and rech and shuck hands with the other boys and ast how they was all a-comin' on.

From Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury by Riley, James Whitcomb

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