Usage of "make believe"

Portuguese

Loosley structure of play using imagination and sometimes role-play.

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.

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Examples for "make"

Examples for "make"

However, he said helping people to make good choices remains a challenge. 
 Radio NZ 

Meanwhile Brexit had brought home to Europe the need to make changes. 
 Reuters 

Mrs Spelman said: We need to make the new CAP fundamentally different. 
 BBC 

Clear and agreed policies help a funding organisation make objective, rational decisions. 
 The Irish Times 

Photo: RNZ However he said his source might make the material public. 
 Radio NZ 

I don't pretend to understand the finer points of the Greek crisis. 
 The Irish Times 

He may pretend that the situation at home has returned to normal. 
 The Guardian 

Well, men aren't as far removed from animals as they might pretend. 
 A nameless witch 

I do not pretend to know the difference between right and wrong. 
 Destroy Me 

Almost wanted to pretend he hadn't heard what Teresa had just said. 
 The Scorch Trials 

Usage of make believe in English

The coordinate system is just make believe, you know, like Peter Pan. 
 Wired 

This man will make believe he is doing it for the minister. 
 Magic seeds 

Of course it was absurd to try to make believe any longer. 
 Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 

She could make believe before the world, but not alone with Rudyard. 
 The Judgment House 

Then I'll be the Ringmaster and make believe they are doing tricks. 
 The Story of a Nodding Donkey 

Folks who marry for money make believe love- Ihavewatched them- Iknow 
 Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast 

Violet will like to smell it-atleast, I make believe she will.' 
 Odd 

They could not make believe be alive until night should come again. 
 The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier 

Then I'll make believe I'm a tramp and come along the road. 
 Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show 

You must make believe you're glad she's going, same as I do.' 
 'Me and Nobbles' 

Of course you'll make believe, but then-youneedn't; I'm here, any way! 
 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 / A Ma... 

Then he was back on the floor, back in make believe. 
 Fears Unnamed 

And then I make believe to whisper something in your ear. 
 The Song of the Blood-Red Flower 

But when you think back on it, it still seems like make believe. 
 The Irish Times 

I just make believe I'm one up here in the attic. 
 The Story of a Stuffed Elephant 

They understood very well that this was acting, and make believe. 
 Reuters 

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Translations for make believe

Portuguese

Meanings of make believe in English