Can I use "play pretend" as "play dumb"?
I know "play pretend" is usually the children's roleplaying game, but I want to know if I can use it with the meaning 'to pretend that one doesn't know or doesn't understand something'.
Thanks!

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Can I  use "play pretend" as "play dumb"?
I know  "play pretend" is usually the children's roleplaying game, but I want to know if I can use it with the meaning 'to pretend that one doesn't know or doesn't understand something'.
Thanks!

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You can't really use 'play pretend' as a substitute for 'play dumb'. It sounds a little childish.

Better to just use 'pretend' by itself as Josh suggests, or stick to 'play dumb'.

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Play dumb would be the correct term, I wouldn't recommend using them interchangeably

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No.
"Play dumb" means to pretend to be stupid.
No idea what "play pretend" means.

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I would just say pretend and not play pretend.

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