pose (as)

verb

Definition of pose (as)next
as in to masquerade (as)
to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior posing as a soldier, the spy sneaked onto the base with surprising ease

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pose (as)
  1. play
  2. mock
  3. imitate
Verb
  • Also known as thumb drives or memory sticks, flash drives provide storage to back up precious photos, play movies on the big screen, or copy files from one phone or laptop to another.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2024
  • In the second photo, Paul plays outdoor field hockey with his brother, Jake Paul.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of play
Verb
  • Quad’s grievances spill over into her relationship with Heavenly, which ties into Heavenly and Quad mocking Sweet Tea on social media.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But the result was an embarrassing 30-7 home loss in which Baker Mayfield mocked the entire Giants organization by doing DeVito’s touchdown symbol aggressively toward the crowd.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of mock
Verb
  • By the other hand, he is bound to the Almighty, whom, as the critic John Guillory has observed, Satan imitates.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The former ended up winning a contest involving the most accurate predictions of the high-diving judges’ scores, and as much as this competition suggests that life is imitating art, Hoult insists that the two did not extend their on-camera dynamic to their off-camera one.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of imitate
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