act up

Verb

Meaning

make itself felt as a recurring pain

misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way

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Synonyms

carry on break crash fail break down clown malfunction misbehave fool around go wrong fall over cut-up play up mess about clown around

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Antonyms

work function run act perform operate

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Hypernyms

smart misconduct ache hurt misbehave misdemean

Examples

My arthritis is acting up again Source: Internet

The children acted up when they were not bored Source: Internet

Unfortunately, I can't predict when the will act up, so all I can do is document that I took the car in for that reason and when/if the blows out way too early, I, at least, have proof that I tried to fix the problem. Source: Internet

One other wrote, "You gon make me act up. Source: Internet

Brown will be eligible to play on week 9 whether he gets signed or not and the NFL can add to the suspension if he continues to act up. Source: Internet

“When my kids would act up the way Donald Trump acted up last night I would call the parents,” she said. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

act unbecomingly act uninformed act unsatisfactorily act up to a promise act upon act virtuously