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Verb: go through the motions
- Pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
"She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"
Derived forms: went through the motions, going through the motions, gone through the motions, goes through the motions
Type of: make, make believe, pretend
Nearest
go off half-cocked
go off the deep end
go on
go out
go out on a limb
go over
go past
go places
go steady
go through
go through the motions
go to
go to bed
go to pieces
go to pot
go to sleep
go to the dogs
go to town
go to war
go under
go up
go off the deep end
go on
go out
go out on a limb
go over
go past
go places
go steady
go through
go through the motions
go to
go to bed
go to pieces
go to pot
go to sleep
go to the dogs
go to town
go to war
go under
go up