~まねをする (act / pretend to be)

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A productive frame [na-adjective+な / verb plain]+まねをする, literally 'do an imitation of X,' meaning 'act X / pretend to be X / behave in an X way.' まね (often written 真似) is the noun 'imitation, act'; the construction is light-verb + noun. Examples: 馬鹿なまねをする ('act foolish'), 子どもじみたまねをする ('act childish'), 知らないまねをする ('feign ignorance').

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