'go through the motions' definitions:
Definition of 'go through the motions'
(from WordNet)
verb
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"
Synonyms of 'go through the motions'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- act a part,
- affect,
- assume,
- bluff,
- counterfeit,
- cover up,
- dissemble,
- dissimulate,
- fake,
- feign,
- four-flush,
- gammon,
- let on,
- let on like,
- make a pretense,
- make as if,
- make believe,
- make like,
- play,
- play a part,
- play possum,
- playact,
- pretend,
- profess,
- put on,
- sham,
- simulate