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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

forsake, forsaken, Forseti, for shame, for short, for show, forsook, forsooth, forspeak, forspent, Forssmann
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