all show
idiom
: an act of pretending to feel a particular way : an act of behaving a certain way in order to make others like or approve of one
Her friendliness is all show.
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But their journey is all show and no stakes, while the visuals are over-wrought with dizzying CGI dreamscapes like a kaleidoscope of colorful slop.
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Emmy faves Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn co-star, alongside a cavalcade of cameo-ing celebs (Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, and Anthony Mackie all show up to hurl insults at Rogen’s character in the trailer).
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
Assuming Gaetz keeps his word and Massie votes against Johnson, that would leave the speaker needing the votes of the remaining 217 other Republicans, plus Spartz, to win the gavel if Democrats as expected all show up and vote against him.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
The initial images all show the car finished in a matte silver with predominantly black trim.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Emmy faves Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn co-star, alongside a cavalcade of cameo-ing celebs (Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, and Anthony Mackie all show up to hurl insults at Rogen’s character in the trailer).
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
Assuming Gaetz keeps his word and Massie votes against Johnson, that would leave the speaker needing the votes of the remaining 217 other Republicans, plus Spartz, to win the gavel if Democrats as expected all show up and vote against him.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
The initial images all show the car finished in a matte silver with predominantly black trim.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“All show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20show. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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