go through the motions Synonyms

behave as though fake it build castles in the air bear false witness bunco conjure up sham profess pretend pretending play-act act like acting like put on a false display going through the motions make a feint of doing put it on put on a false front pretends build castles in spain all hat no cattle pretended posture pose cheat bluff bilk beguile bamboozle attitudinize assume ape affect chicane conceive masquerade make-believe dissimulate dissemble cozen counterfeit convince construct concoct act