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pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions
How To Use go through the motions In A Sentence
- With one eye on the clock, I would vapidly go through the motions of the Batteries and Grand jetés so that I could rush home to my queens: Lil' P, Terrible T and Sweet L.D collectively known as Oaktown's 3.5.7. Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop
- They go through the motions with manifest tedium as if they are moving files in an office.
- We go through the motions, the meaningless hugs, the tears, the constant apologies.
- They can present any outrageous claim they choose to without even having to go through the motions of defending it.
- As the first battalion of the Irish Guards go through the motions of their normal Tuesday morning practice, the crowds begin to gather desultorily round the Palace forecourt.
- Don't just go through the motions when training in the gym, but try to train with the same intensity as you did when training for that shredded six-pack.
- Why even go through the motions when everyone with half a lick of sense understands that "nonbinding" means the legislation is nothing but a toothless, meaningless symbol? Congressional Dems Willing To "Compromise" On Iraq
- They were content to mouth the slogans and go through the motions.
- No young man will go through the motions of the dance, hour after hour, without thinking impure thoughts.
- And even if I come off wrong, I still have to go through the motions of the spin, but I know that I'm going to fall.
