go through the attitudes

English

Verb

go through the attitudes (third-person singular simple present goes through the attitudes, present participle going through the attitudes, simple past went through the attitudes, past participle gone through the attitudes)

  1. (obsolete) To act something out physically; to mime.
    • 1878, W. H. G. Kingston, Twice Lost, page 168:
      As we could only converse by signs, we had some difficulty in making them understand what was meant. Dick was the most successful. He […] went through the attitudes of letting down the line and hauling up a big fish. The chief nodded his head and pointed to the sea, and allowed us to go down to the harbour.
    • 1885, E. J. Guthrie, Old Scottish Customs, page 71:
      Take the instrument used in winnowing corn, and go through all the attitudes of letting it down against the wind.
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