āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
dummy up
/dËĘmi ËĘp/
to dummy up
01
āĻā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to refuse to speak or to stop talking, especially when pressured or asked questions
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He dummied up the moment lawyers entered the room.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
make a dummy of
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
