put on an act

  • 1put on an act — {v. phr.} 1. To perform a play. * /The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents./ 2. To pretend. * / If you always put on an act, her father said, people will never know who you really are. / …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2put on an act — {v. phr.} 1. To perform a play. * /The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents./ 2. To pretend. * / If you always put on an act, her father said, people will never know who you really are. / …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3put on an act — 1. To make a pretence 2. To show off • • • Main Entry: ↑act …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 4put on an act — index fake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5put\ on\ an\ act — v. phr. 1. To perform a play. The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents. 2. To pretend. If you always put on an act, her father said, people will never know who you really are …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 6put on an act — pretend …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8put on — [v1] pretend act, affect, assume, bluff, confound, confuse, counterfeit, deceive, don, fake, feign, make believe, masquerade, playact, pose, pull, put on a front, put on an act, sham, simulate, strike, take on, trick; concept 59 Ant. be truthful… …

    New thesaurus

  • 9act — act, action 1. The distinction between the two words in their general meanings is not always clear: we are judged by our acts or by our actions. In general, however, action has more of the notion of performance, and extends to inanimate things… …

    Modern English usage

  • 10act — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See action, drama, conduct, affectation, representation, rule. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action] Syn. action, deed, performance, exploit; see action 2 . 2. [An official or legal s …

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