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Play possum   /pleɪ pˈɑsəm/   Listen
Play possum

verb
1.
To pretend to be dead.






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"Play possum" Quotes from Famous Books



... forth the tools, "I want you to take this junk and go up there where the neighbor is working. Just sit down quietly and drill three shallow holes and don't say a word to yonder busy bee. If he asks you what's doing, play possum—and don't make the ...
— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels



Words linked to "Play possum" :   sham, pretend, feign, dissemble, affect



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