Fiil
(idiomatic) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
Thinking fast, we played possum, hoping the bear wouldn't bother us.
(idiomatic) To feign sleep, illness, etc.
When we used to get home late at night, I would play possum so my daddy would carry me inside and put me in bed.
(idiomatic, dated) To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
You have been holding-in all this while — possumus omnes, we all play the ’possum...
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