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fake good

fake good verb: to present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly positive manner, exaggerating good traits and playing down bad ones.

Verb

fake good (third-person singular simple present fakes good, present participle faking good, simple past and past participle faked good)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly positive manner, exaggerating good traits and playing down bad ones.
    Antonyms:
    fake bad

Antonyms of fake good

Forms of fake good

third-person singular presentfakes good
present participlefaking good
past participlefaked good
pastfaked good

Questions about fake good

What does fake good mean?
Fake good means to present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly positive manner, exaggerating good traits and playing down bad ones.
What part of speech is fake good?
Fake good is a verb.
What is the past tense of fake good?
The past tense of fake good is faked good.

Words near fake good in the dictionary

  1. fake fan
  2. fake fans
  3. fake fen
  4. fake geek girl
  5. fake geek girls
  6. fake good
  7. fake it
  8. fake it till one makes it
  9. fake it until one makes it
  10. fake news
  11. fake out

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