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act out
verb as in act up
Weak matches
verb as in act up (misbehave)
verb as in gesture/gesticulate
verb as in impersonate
verb as in perform
verb as in personify
verb as in signalize
Example Sentences
For “Don’t You Worry Baby” he was joined by a female dancer on roller skates; for “Noid,” a couple of guys with cameras helped him act out his unhappy thoughts on paparazzi.
She and Beowulf acted out a brief swordfight in which they both met gruesome ends, much like the conclusion of Hamlet.
Miss Mortimer brought her cups of soothing tea laced with honey, and the children laughed and clapped to see her acting out all her thoughts, rather than speaking them.
The children happily acted out the scene as he described it, using the velocipede as a stand-in for the elephant.
But during service, one of the other kids acted out and there was a small commotion.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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