Synonyms for go through the motions
go through the mo·tions

Princeton's WordNet

1. go through the motionsverb

   pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it

   "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"

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1. • Pretend

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1. Max Lerner:

   We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The other is the inside clock, where you are your own timekeeper and determine your own chronology, your own internal weather and your own rate of living. Sometimes the inner clock runs itself out long before the outer one, and you see a dead man going through the motions of living.

2. Jason Abrams:

   You go in, right, you’re tight, and you’re tense. You start going through the motions, and the poses, and stretching out, then when you’re done, you’re like, ‘I feel excellent.’.

3. Read MoreAdele:

   Simon Konecki in 2019's not one of my exes. Simon Konecki in 2019's the dad of my child, i was just going through the motions and I wasn't happy.

4. Brooke Goff:

   The Boy Scouts have gone through the motions -- they want more.

5. Timothy Fadek:

   The mood was somber, depressed and resigned, people are going through the motions of their daily lives.