- go through the motions as a verb:
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go through the motions
verb
1 go through the motions
Pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it.
Moby thesaurus: act, act a part, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, cover up, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, feign, four-flush, gammon, let on, let on like, make a pretense, make as if, make believe, make like, play ... show more.
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