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false_pretense

false pretense

English

Noun

false pretense (plural false pretenses)

  1. representation of untrue facts
    I hear you want to go back to middle school because you say your life is too tough where you are now. Even if you could somehow manage to give yourself make-up and plastic surgery to LOOK like a middle-schooler, if you give them a false name, birth date, and so forth, you'll be enrolling there under false pretenses.

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