Collocations for pretend - verb

otherwise
You know what this is all about, Natasha. Why pretend otherwise?

can/could no longer | try to | be dishonest to, be idle to, be ridiculous to, be useless to
It''s useless to pretend that we might still win.

to
He pretended to his boss that he''d written the article.

go on pretending
I can''t go on pretending any longer.

just/only pretending
Maria knew he was only pretending.

let''s pretend
Let''s pretend it never happened.

stop pretending, there''s no point in pretending