make as if to do something

成語所屬單字make

make as if to do something — 慣用語

1. To start a movement that suggests you are about to do something.

1.慣用語
釋義

假裝要做某事

To start a movement that suggests you are about to do something.

例句

Sara made as if to leave, then stopped.

Did you see him make as if to hit the table?