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A feigned retreat is a military tactic, a type of feint, whereby a military force pretends to withdraw or to have been routed, in order to lure an enemy into a position of vulnerability. [1] A feigned retreat is one of the more difficult tactics for a military force to undertake, and requires well-disciplined soldiers.
Other characters also feign for love. [5] Odysseus feigned madness by yoking a horse and an ox to his plow and sowing salt [6] or plowing the beach. Palamedes believed that he was faking and tested it by placing his son, Telemachus right in front of the plow. When Odysseus stopped immediately, his sanity was proven.
websters: to pretend free online dictionary: to represent falsely note: please know from I (todd granville shattuck) that i was not there at the creation or origin of the word ~feign~....also, I do not know this words creator so cannot know inevitably the definition or meaning of ~feign~.
The phrase is derived from the French word "air" which means appearance or look. The phrase has been in use since the 1500s. [4] To "Give Airs" was also referred to as a fake way of acting. [8] "Put on" is in modern emphatic use means: "to assume deceptively or falsely; to feign, affect or pretend." [9]
The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples fa-, fa (FA) [1]say, speak: Latin: fārī, see also fatērī: affable, bifarious ...
A polite fiction is a social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment. Polite fictions are closely related to euphemism , in which a word or phrase that might be impolite, disagreeable, or offensive is replaced by another word or ...
The militia would fire two volleys, then feign a rout and pretend to flee. [66] If the British believed they had caused a panic in the militiamen, they would charge forward. [66] But instead of catching up to the fleeing militia, they would run into the third line—Continental Army soldiers commanded by John Eager Howard. [66]