Definitions from Wiktionary (play possum)
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, dated) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, dated) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
Similar:
possum,
play dead,
play the fool,
play dumb,
mope,
skulk,
lurk,
play along,
play like,
play,
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