act sth out
— phrasal verb with act uk/ækt/us/ækt/verb
to perform the actions and say the words of a situation or story:
The children acted out their favourite poem.
to express your thoughts, emotions, or ideas in your actions:
Children's negative feelings often get acted out in bad behaviour.
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Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act
- amateur theater
- enact
- entrance 1
- go on the stage idiom
- ham
- ham it up
- improvise
- live action
- offstage
- portray
- prompt
- repertory
- rest
- stage
- stage fright
- stage-struck
- stretch
- understudy
- variety
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