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PLAY POSSUM

Pronunciation (US):

• PLAY POSSUM (verb)
The verb PLAY POSSUM has 1 sense:

1. to pretend to be dead

Familiarity information: PLAY POSSUM used as a verb is very rare.

• PLAY POSSUM (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

To pretend to be dead

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "play possum" is one way to...):

affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

"In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments."
(English proverb)
"Do not wait for good things to search for you, you search for them."
(Albanian proverb)
"Need excavates the trick."
(Arabic proverb)
"What comes easily is lost easily."
(Egyptian proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of pretend
Meaning of affect
Pronunciation of sham
Meaning of feign
Pronunciation of dissemble

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