Other ways of saying to pretend: “Let’s ________ we don’t know a thing about it.”
| MAKE BELIEVE | 290 |
| ACT LIKE | 204 |
| LET ON | 151 |
| PLAY LIKE | 131 |
| MAKE OUT | 94 |
| MAKE LIKE | 67 |
| PRETEND | 45 |
| NR | 37 |
| SAY | 27 |
| MAKE OUT LIKE | 24 |
| ACT AS IF | 22 |
| PLAY | 20 |
| MAKE AS IF | 10 |
| IMAGINE | 9 |
| SUPPOSE | 8 |
| LET ON LIKE | 7 |
| PLAY DUMB | 7 |
| ACT | 6 |
| PUT ON | 6 |
| ACT AS THOUGH | 4 |
| MAKE OFF | 4 |
| ASSUME | 3 |
| FAKE | 3 |
| FAKE IT | 3 |
| ACT DUMB | 2 |
| ADMIT | 2 |
| CLAIM | 2 |
| FAKE LIKE | 2 |
| JUST PRETEND | 2 |
| MAKE ON | 2 |
| NOT LET ON | 2 |
| PLAY IGNORANT | 2 |
| PLIKE | 2 |
| PUT ON THAT | 2 |
| ACT OUT LIKE | 1 |
| ACT STUPID | 1 |
| ACT SURPRISED | 1 |
| APE THAT | 1 |
| BLUFF | 1 |
| CAMOUFLAGE | 1 |
| DECIDE | 1 |
| DISSIMULATE | 1 |
| DO LIKE | 1 |
| DON’T LET ON WE KNOW | 1 |
| FAKE IT OUT | 1 |
| FEIGN | 1 |
| FORGET IT | 1 |
| FORGET THAT WE KNOW | 1 |
| GIVE THEM THE IDEA | 1 |
| IGNORE IT | 1 |
| JUST SAY | 1 |
| KEEP IT ON THE Q.T. | 1 |
| LEAVE ON | 1 |
| MAKE | 1 |
| MAKE A BELIEVE | 1 |
| MAKE AN EXCUSE | 1 |
| MAKE HIM THINK | 1 |
| MAKE ON LIKE | 1 |
| MAKE OUT AS THOUGH | 1 |
| MAKE PRETEND | 1 |
| MAKE TEND | 1 |
| MAKE THEM BELIEVE | 1 |
| MAKE UP | 1 |
| NOT MENTION IT | 1 |
| PLAY INNOCENT | 1 |
| PLAY IT STUPID | 1 |
| PLAY OUT | 1 |
| PLAY-ACT | 1 |
| POSE AS EXPERTS | 1 |
| PRETEND LIKE | 1 |
| SPOOF IT OFF | 1 |
| SPOOFING | 1 |
| TELL HIM | 1 |
| TEND LIKE | 1 |
| THAT’S ALL BLIND TO ME | 1 |
| THINK | 1 |
| WE’LL ACT DUMB | 1 |
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