Idiom
play dumb
Meaning
To pretend to be dumb, either:
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He played dumb when I asked about the broken vase.”
“When the police officer asked who was driving the car, the teenager decided to play dumb.”
“Rather than admitting he had seen the confidential documents, the manager chose to play dumb and feigned complete ignorance of the entire situation.”
Examples
simple
“He played dumb when I asked about the broken vase.”
contextual
“When the police officer asked who was driving the car, the teenager decided to play dumb.”
complex
“Rather than admitting he had seen the confidential documents, the manager chose to play dumb and feigned complete ignorance of the entire situation.”
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