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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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Dictionary Entry

play possum

Part of Speechverb

To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.

In a Sentence

“The soldier played possum, fooling the sniper.”

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Synonyms

act possum

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Related Words

possumplay deadplay the foolplay dumbmopeskulklurkplay along

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