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behave
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to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way if the children behave themselves properly and sit quietly during church, they'll get their ice cream afterward Synonyms acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, demean, deport, quit Related Words check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, curb, handle, inhibit, quiet, repress, restrain; moderate, modulate, temper; act, impersonate, play Near Antonyms act up, carry on, cut up, misbehave, misconduct
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