go through the motions
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10236·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
MWE
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Classifications
Cognitive
Remember75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- pasttense
- goed through the motionswent through the motions
- presentparticiple
- going through the motions
- thirdpersonsingular
- goes through the motionsgos through the motions
- pastparticiple
- goed through the motionsgone through the motions
Framework definitions
- §1
- pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
- §1 · legacy_primary
- pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing itDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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