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false front
noun
a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
any deceptive appearance.
He hid his great shyness behind a false front of aggressiveness.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of false front1
Example Sentences
She looks for the truth while hiding behind a false front.
In one scene, the girls meet up at a bar to chat about their day, but he’s shown us that they’re both putting up a false front.
But honestly, it felt scarier to me in the beginning of my life not talking about it and just keeping everything inside and then having to put on this sort of false front.
Winthrop’s old-timey appearance today is a false front, to a degree.
He’d pull out his false front tooth to show the result of a collision with a crossbar to amuse his three daughters at the kitchen table.
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