play possum

verb

Meaning

To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
To feign sleep, illness, etc.
To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.

Related words

possum(English)play dead(English)play the fool(English)play dumb(English)mope(English)skulk(English)lurk(English)play along(English)

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data