Определение go through the motions в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
to do something pretentionsly and with little care for results, often because you are expected to, not because you want to; to perform a task perfunctorily
pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions
execute perfunctorily, do in a cursory or superficial manner, execute in a routine manner