fake it

idiom

informal
: to pretend to be something that one is not or to have some knowledge or ability that one does not really have
He acts like he's my friend, but I can tell that he's just faking it.
He didn't know the words to the song, so he had to fake it.

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Now he’s relieved of being forced to fake it the rest of the season. Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Anyone who knows just enough to fake it will now be automated into irrelevance. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 If the leaders aren’t thrilled, don’t force anyone to fake it! Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 But there are some easy ways to fake it and create that real tree smell without the real tree hassle. Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it! Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2024 Sometimes people fake it because they’re not fully work-loaded or challenged. Tracy Brower, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 Related Articles The report’s authors categorized the survey into five major classifications that define the cohort: radical traditionalists; going for broke; brands beware; fund it, don’t fake it, and finding fairy godmother figures. Kanika Talwar, WWD, 2 July 2024 But while some women fake it from time-to-time, for others the lack of ability to reach orgasm is a far more debilitating issue. Sarah Sinclair, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

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“Fake it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fake%20it. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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