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false fruit
false imprisonment
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false memory syndrome
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false move
false note
false position
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false position
false po·si·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
situation of somebody's acting against principles: a situation in which somebody is forced to act in an inconsistent or uncharacteristic way
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