"go through the motions of doing sth" in German to go through the motions of doing sth. etw. mechanisch tun etw. pro forma tun so tun, als ob Detailed translations for "go through the motions of doing sth" to go through the motions of doing sth. to go through the motions of doing sth. etw. mechanisch tun to go through the motions of doing sth. etw. pro forma tun to go through the motions of doing sth.(also: to pretend as if) so tun, als ob