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| for the sake of appearance (izet); performatively (Ремедиос_П); tick the box exercise; for the sake of appearances (Alexander Demidov); just to check the box (Are you taking BA training just to "check the box" towards certificationЕ Some do programs just to check the box. Alexander Demidov); for the sake of box-checking (Maria Klavdieva); show up (The Milwaukee Bucks insisted this playoff series was about more than just showing up, taking their beating and learning from it. VLZ_58); for appearance's sake (VLZ_58); for appearances' sake (VLZ_58); just to tick the box (VLZ_58); just for the check in the box (Some officers just really like staff work. And others are doing just for the check in the box. 4uzhoj); tо observe formalities (Zolushka); for the sake of it (rosulingua) | |||
| tokenism (конт.) | |||
| formal (having the appearance without the substance (Merriam-Webster) | in appearance or by name only (Cambridge Dictionary): дежурное мероприятие, для галочки • formal Christians who go to church only at Easter (Merriam-Webster) • I am the formal leader of the project but the everyday management is in the hands of my assistant. (Cambridge Dictionary) ART Vancouver) | |||
| do slap dash (grafleonov); perfunctory (Abysslooker); for show (grafleonov); just to put in an appearance (он явился туда ради галочки – he came there just to put in an appearance (Ермолович) grafleonov); go through the motions (grafleonov); for outward appearances (grafleonov) | |||
| для галочки: 38 phrases in 16 subjects |
| Accounting | 2 |
| Cinematography | 1 |
| Computers | 2 |
| Economy | 3 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| Figure of speech | 2 |
| General | 14 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Information technology | 2 |
| Jargon | 1 |
| Programming | 1 |
| Rhetoric | 2 |
| Slang | 2 |
| Technology | 1 |
| Trade unions | 1 |