act out

Another was sent to live with her destitute biological family after acting out.

Is it to jazz things up in the bedroom, help your partner understand you better, or act out your fantasy?

In the words of pollster Jerome Fourquet last week, "It is like an incomprehensible play being acted out in front of an empty theatre."

The inquiry heard he told the police he was "sorry" and had acted out of "complete shock".

"He started to act out because he doesn't think it's fair that he's been kept in there that long, so that's had an impact on his behaviour."