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View synonyms for make-believe
make believe
verb
- to pretend or enact a fantasy
the children made believe they were doctors
noun
- a fantasy, pretence, or unreality
- ( as modifier )
a make-believe world
- a person who pretends
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Word History and Origins
Origin of make-believe1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Idioms and Phrases
Pretend, as in Let's make believe we're elves . This expression in effect means making oneself believe in an illusion. [Early 1700s]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.
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