act out
— phrasal verb with act uk/ækt/us/ækt/verb
US to behave badly because you are unhappy or upset , often in ways that you are not aware of:
These kids act out because their lives are a mess.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad and wrong behaviour
- act
- act up
- angel
- astray
- at your worst idiom
- be no angel idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- cross
- go round
- impossible
- incorrigible
- indecorous
- kick
- rail
- rough
- step
- step out of line idiom
- step/be out of line idiom
- terrible twins
- try it on idiom
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