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- make as if to do
make as if to do
make as if to do something
to act as if one were about to do something. The thief made as if to run away but changed his mind. Jane made as if to smack the child.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Midhat | | - | Arabic |
Maral | | - | Armenian |
Peters | | ['pi:təz] | |
Hadyn | | - | English (Rare) |
Ferne | | FURN | English |
Karel | | KAH-rəl (Dutch), KAH-rel (Czech) | Dutch, Czech, Slovene |