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Verb

mock out

1. (programming, transitive) To replace (source code or other software elements) with a stub that exhibits the desired behaviour, typically for use in automated testing.
   • 2011, Scott Millett, ‎Jerrel Blankenship, ‎Matthew Bussa, Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM (page B-18)

     Now that we know we have mocked out the objects and verified that the method we expected was called, we are ready to write a unit test.