acts up

present tense third-person singular of act up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for acts up
Verb
  • Blanc specifically acts out moments from John Dickson Carr's The Hollow Man to illustrate the impossibility of the crime.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Traditional methods might overlook the quiet student who won’t ask for help or the struggling reader who acts out to hide their difficulty grasping the words.
    Haozhen Yang, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams shows off some Taco Bell goodies.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Next to the arm, an ankle — where Umansky is tagged — shows off a tattoo with four thin black lines.
    Emy LaCroix, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Acts up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acts%20up. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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