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Learn to pronounce play·act

/ˈplāˌak(t)/
verb
  1. engage in pretense in order to trick someone or gain an advantage.
    "I am a professional and I would never playact to get someone sent off"
  2. act in a play.
    "they don costumes and playact on stage in the town's unoccupied theater"

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verb (used without object) · to engage in make-believe. · to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: · to perform in a play.
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verb · intr to pretend or make believe · intr to behave in an overdramatic or affected manner · to act in or as in (a play) ...
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To act in a play. Webster's New World. To pretend; make believe. Webster's New World.
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