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To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
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- (verb) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
- (verb) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
- (verb) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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verb To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
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verb To feign sleep, illness, etc.
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verb To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
- (verb) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
- (verb) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
- (verb) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.