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behave badly

verb as in act up (misbehave)

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They hope that if viewers see him behave badly, as he did in a 2020 debate against Joe Biden, it will cost him support.

From BBC

If he was willing to break laws to overturn an election result in 2020, he has even more incentive to behave badly this time.

From Salon

Who, besides everyone, would have thought that some people would behave badly given access to a public live camera?

“We almost admire people who behave badly and whose lives are a mess and then there is a redemption story,” said Mr. Breen.

“And you know, there’s not a director that would not work with you again. There’s not any one of our crew members that did not have a great time working with you. So by today’s standards, it wouldn’t f— fly, right ...it just doesn’t make any sense anymore. There are people that actually behave badly and get away with it. And there are men that, you know, abuse people, throw things, screaming fits and get away with it. Like I don’t think people understand that that never happened here.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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