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Phrase(s): make like someone or something
to act like someone or something. • Why don’t you make like a bunny and run away? Beat it! • Would you please make like a butler and hold the door open for me?, Phrase(s): make (out) like something
Rur. to pretend something. • Let’s make out like we’re cowboys and Indians. • Joe made out like he had a lot of money, and folks believed him.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs