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for show

  1. For the sake of appearances or display. For example, They put on a lavish buffet, mainly for show, or The police pretended to jail the informer, for show. [c. 1700]



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The three children who were eventually cast in the lead roles all have some professional acting experience, which caused a bit of controversy online, with some people questioning whether the open casting call was just for show.

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But, he said, it was all for show.

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“It’s all for show,” Mike Vigil, former head of international operations at the U.S.

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They say you drive for show and putt for dough but Rory McIlroy's remarkable record at Quail Hollow, the home of this week's second major of the year, suggests otherwise.

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That pretty much sums the Spaniard up: Honest, direct and not one for show.

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