acting up
Example Sentences
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I started acting up simply to keep myself occupied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
Second, we can chalk some of Stamos’s apparent lack of passion about acting up to the fact that music — specifically, drumming — seems to be his true love.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Moody said the injury started acting up two weeks ago and he is “slowly working back into it.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
What that means is when they start acting up, simply say, "I'll talk about this when you're calmer," and then pick up and leave, allowing them to have the last word.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023
But she wasn’t certain that it was third or not because Sula was acting up, fretting the deweys and meddling the newly married couple.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
