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faked it till one made it

faked it till one made it is the simple past and past participle of fake it till one makes it.

Meaning of fake it till one makes it

Verb

fake it till one makes it (third-person singular simple present fakes it till one makes it, present participle faking it till one makes it, simple past and past participle faked it till one made it)

  1. To pretend to be a certain way until one becomes that way.
    • It gave me a chance to be able to see certain things that I like, and I was like, I just had to find my way, what I was good at in life so I could get those things. I just had to um… fake it till I make it.2015, 9:32 from the start, in Lauren Greenfield, director, Magic City (documentary)

Questions about faked it till one made it

What is faked it till one made it the simple past and past participle of?
Faked it till one made it is the simple past and past participle of fake it till one makes it.

Words near faked it till one made it in the dictionary

  1. fakeclaims
  2. faked
  3. faked bad
  4. faked good
  5. faked it
  6. faked it till one made it
  7. faked it until one made it
  8. faked out
  9. faked the fatcha
  10. faked up
  11. fakeer

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