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Verb: go through the motions
  1. 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: gone through the motions, going through the motions, goes through the motions, went through the motions

Type of: make, make believe, pretend

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go off the deep end
go on
go out
go out on a limb
go over
go past
go phut
go places
go steady
go through
go through the motions
go through with
go to
go to bed
go to hell
go to pieces
go to pot
go to sleep
go to the dogs
go to the wall
go to town