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Also, as though . As it would be, as in He decided to accept, as if it really mattered , or John scowled as though he were really angry . The first idiom dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s. Also see make as if .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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