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Slang

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fake it

Language; Slang

To pretend (to do something). * If you don’t know the right notes, just fake it. * I can’t fake it anymore. I’ve got to be honest with you.

fake off

Language; Slang

To waste time; to goof off. * Hey, you guys, quit faking off! * All you clowns do is fake off. Now, get busy!

fake someone out

Language; Slang

To deceive someone, as with a football pass. * They faked me out, and then I stumbled over my own feet. The coach was fuming. TWe faked out the teacher who thought we had gone out in the hall.

To pretend to be in the know; to pretend to be fly; to fake being stylish. (Streets.) * Hey, bro. You ain’t down with nothing. You’re just faking the funk. * He’s only faking the funk to survive in ...

fall off the wagon

Language; Slang

To resume drinking after having stopped. * Poor Jed fell off the wagon again. * It looks to me like he wanted nothing more than to fall off the wagon.

fall out

Language; Slang

To depart. (Probably from the military command meaning disperse.) * It’s late, G. I have to fall out. * Let’s fall out. I have to get up early in the morning.

fall out of bed

Language; Slang

To fall far down, as with the drop in some measurement. * The temperature really fell out of bed last night! It was twenty-three below! * The stock market fell out of bed last year at this time.