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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(sports) To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react..
The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting.
Use pump-fake when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pump-fake means (sports) To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting.
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