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For the sake of appearances or display. For example, They put on a lavish buffet, mainly for show , or The police pretended to jail the informer, for show . [c. 1700]

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That pretty much sums the Spaniard up: Honest, direct and not one for show.

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"I think it's all for show, because the terrorist designation is not going to have any impact."

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“I think it's all for show, because the terrorist designation is not going to have any impact,” Vigil explained.

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Mike Vigil, a former head of international operations at the DEA, described Trump’s efforts as “all for show.”

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Their whole romance looks like it’s for show: the massive floral backdrop, the performative strawberry feeding, the fiancée who knows every word of her beau’s “surprise” proposal.

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