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play possum

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

to pretend to be dead

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Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

pasttense
played possum
presentparticiple
playing possum
thirdpersonsingular
plays possum
pastparticiple
played possum