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单词 play possum
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play possum

1Pretend to be asleep or unconscious (as an opossum does when threatened).Today I did washing at home in my washing machine, on the off-chance that it'd just been playing possum, and lo and behold, it worked just fine....
  • After a retrospective release the band finally relented after 28 years of playing possum.
  • Isn't that playing possum stuff supposed to protect them?
2Feign ignorance.He has obviously decided to put the boot in, knowing that the majority of unions have played possum for so long now on so much.
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