act up
Example Sentences
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“That’s not the idea. The idea is to have them clean their act up so that they do better and the stock goes up and their dividends go up,” Ryan said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
In her four-star review Midgley suggested the show occasionally "feels scripted", noting the Furys know that "the cameras are on them and perhaps act up for them".
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023
“So if you gon’ act up, I’m ‘bouta link up, I’m ‘bouta link up, I’m ‘bouta link up.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2023
My granddaughters get upset, act up and give her a hard time, and I can understand why.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
Wes didn’t act up in class, which kept him under the radar; his teachers spent 90 percent of their time dealing with the 5 percent of kids who did.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
