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acts up
| Main Entry: |
act up
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misbehave |
| Synonyms: | act out, carry on, raise hell, rebel, sow one's wild oats |
| Main Entry: | act up (misbehave) |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misbehave badly |
| Synonyms: | act out, be bad, be out of line, behave badly, carry on, fool around, horseplay, make trouble, misbehave, rebel, set a bad example, show off |
| Antonyms: | behave |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act up, be indecorous, blunder, cut up, lose it, make a fuss, misbehave, rage, raise Cain |
| Antonyms: | be calm |
| Main Entry: | cut up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be rowdy |
| Synonyms: | act up, caper, carry on*, cavort, clown, fool around, joke, misbehave, play, play jokes, romp, roughhouse, show off, whoop it up |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misbehave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in inappropriate manner |
| Synonyms: | act up, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty, be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, be out of line, be out of order, be reprehensible, bend the law, carry on, cut up, deviate, do evil, do wrong, fail, fool around, get into mischief, go astray, go wrong, make trouble, misconduct, offend, roughhouse, sin, sow wild oats, take a wrong turn, transgress, trespass |
| Antonyms: | behave, obey |
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