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faking it till one makes it

faking it till one makes it is the present participle and gerund 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 faking it till one makes it

What is faking it till one makes it the present participle and gerund of?
Faking it till one makes it is the present participle and gerund of fake it till one makes it.

Words near faking it till one makes it in the dictionary

  1. fakiness
  2. faking
  3. faking bad
  4. faking good
  5. faking it
  6. faking it till one makes it
  7. faking it until one makes it
  8. faking out
  9. faking the fatcha
  10. faking up
  11. fakings

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