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PLAY POSSUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does play possum mean?
• PLAY POSSUM (verb)
The verb PLAY POSSUM has 1 sense:
1. to pretend to be dead
Familiarity information: PLAY POSSUM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
To pretend to be dead
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "play possum" is one way to...):
affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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