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- verb To
perform on, or as if on, astage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb perform on a stage or theater
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Examples
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Being little, I used to playact my own scenes to them, right in my brother's bedroom.
Music Sweet Music SVGL 2009
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I wanted to playact a grown-up relationship just like other kids would playact being a doctor.
Unbearable Lightness Portia de Rossi 2010
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But in McCain vs. Obama — the first general election matchup in 56 years that will not include a sitting president or vice president — two senators with minimal executive experience seem to be falling all over themselves to playact the role of president.
The Early Word: Focus on the Economy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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But in McCain vs. Obama — the first general election matchup in 56 years that will not include a sitting president or vice president — two senators with minimal executive experience seem to be falling all over themselves to playact the role of president.
The Early Word: Focus on the Economy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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How was I to playact, behave as if nothing was wrong, when I knew what they were all up to?
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom Jack Canfield 2009
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Within the corp-town, everything went cheap; play money let the poor playact at being rich.
Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009
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Within the corp-town, everything went cheap; play money let the poor playact at being rich.
Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009
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How was I to playact, behave as if nothing was wrong, when I knew what they were all up to?
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom Jack Canfield 2009
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It reflected the cocky, swaggering, rough-tough cowboy image of someone who likes to playact at being a "real man."
Robert S. McElvaine: "Bring 'Em On!" - The Fifth Anniversary of Bush's Declaration of Indecency 2008
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It reflected the cocky, swaggering, rough-tough cowboy image of someone who likes to playact at being a "real man."
"Bring 'Em On!" - The Fifth Anniversary of Bush's Declaration of Indecency 2008
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