for show

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For the sake of appearances or display. For example, They put on a lavish buffet, mainly for show, or The police pretended to jail the informer, for show. [c. 1700]

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Words nearby for show

for openers, for pete's sake, for real, for shame, for short, for show, for starters, for sure, for that matter, for the asking, for the best
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