To save appearances

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	to preserve a fair outward show.
	to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

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But I was, what is called, putting it on, to save appearances, though the attack was a genuine one.

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

“ The sight is worth some little apprehension; for of real danger there is none, I will go with you and Miss Grand, however, to save appearances.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

To see something that was Henrietta, and that is a thing we must cast out and hide, with a little superstitious mumming to save appearances.

An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

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