act up
(intr, adverb) informal to behave in a troublesome way: the engine began to act up when we were miles from anywhere
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How to use act up in a sentence
However, the activism of groups like act up was beginning to have unforeseen effects.
Hollywood’s Evolving Heart: How Movies Grew to Love Gays | Teo Bugbee | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the time act up came around to deal with the inertia, it seemed like a raging inevitability that hit with the force of a blaze.
‘The Normal Heart’ and Hope in the Battlefield of AIDS | Michael Musto | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1988, I spent an act up weekend in Washington D.C., which was an eye-opening experience for both sides.
‘The Normal Heart’ and Hope in the Battlefield of AIDS | Michael Musto | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir message was serious, their activism was witty and fast, like their direct action antecedents, act up!
Tick-Tock: The Explosive Power of the Lesbian Avengers | Tim Teeman | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Most of my friends from act up did not want me to get involved with David,” Staley says.
New Documentary ‘How to Survive a Plague’ Details ACT UP’s Heroic Role in AIDS Battle | Stephen Farber | September 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Says she's read it was better so, and though she's afraid her old cook'll 'act up' about it she's bound to try.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondWith a very few exceptions, the French women act up to this doctrine, and are as natural as any one could wish them.
He haggled long about the price, for form's sake, to act up to his part as Nicholas Korpanoff, a plain merchant of Irkutsk.
Michael Strogoff | Jules VerneNo need to act up to your costume, nor even to talk in character.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceOnce sure of that, and where women are concerned it is not easy, the next is, to act up to the decision.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
Other Idioms and Phrases with act up
Misbehave. For example, With an inexperienced rider, this horse always acts up. [c. 1900]
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