HyperDic: go_through_the_motions

English > 1 sense of the expression go through the motions:
VERBcommunicationgo through the motionspretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
English > go through the motions: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningpretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it.
PatternSomebody ----s
Broadermake, pretend, make believerepresent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

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