Advertisement
Advertisement
go through the motions
Discover More
Idioms and Phrases
Do something perfunctorily, or merely pretend to do it. For example, The team is so far behind that they're just going through the motions , or She didn't really grieve at his death; she just went through the motions . [c. 1800]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse