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1
to behave badly
- the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside
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- raise Cain
- (or raise hell),
- run riot
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2
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
- you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons
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The first known use of act up was in 1879
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