fake bad (English, verb)
expansion: fake bad (third-person singular simple present fakes bad, present participle faking bad, simple past and past participle faked bad)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly negative manner, exaggerating bad traits and playing down good ones.
tags: informal
intransitive
transitive
Forms:
form: fakes bad
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: faking bad
tags: participle
present
form: faked bad
tags: participle
past
form: faked bad
tags: past