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Role playing means pretending to be someone else or pretending to be in a specific situation that you are not actually in at the time. (verb)
- An example of role playing is when you pretend that your friend is your boss and you have a practice conversation in which you ask for a raise.
- An example of role playing is when you and your spouse pretend to be out on a first date, even though you have been married for ten years.
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