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go through the motions idiom informaldisapproving C2 to do something without thinking it is very important or having much interest in it: 装装样子;敷衍了事 He says he's been investigating my complaint, but I feel he's just going through the motions.他说他一直在调查我的投诉,可我觉得他只是在敷衍了事。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Faking & pretending affect air guitar assume believe bluff someone into something/doing something changeling cry faker false false modesty falsifiable falsify pass something off as something phoney phony-baloney play-act play-acting professed purport quack
go through the motions | American Dictionary
go through the motions idiom to do something without believing it is important: After his wife died, he went through the motions of living without really feeling anything.
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