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misbehave

[ mis-bi-heyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, mis·be·haved, mis·be·hav·ing.

, mis·be·haved, mis·be·hav·ing.

to conduct (oneself ) without regard for good manners or accepted moral standards:
Several of the guests misbehaved themselves.

misbehave

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə; ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv /

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; mis- ¹, behave

The discussion of race in the league just serves to distract from why players misbehave.

He is, you sense, trying not to misbehave, while remaining human and not becoming a Royal cyborg.

And yet it is the privilege of the prince and the sultan to misbehave.

A boy might be excused for that so long as he didn't misbehave.

To allow the child to misbehave without instantly making it unpleasantly conscious of the fact would be to spoil it.

But my dear, you don't meant to say that all bachelor clergymen misbehave themselves.

But if servants misbehave themselves, or leave their places, not being regularly discharged, they ought to be amerced or punished.

If he does not misbehave and keeps out of a lawsuit, he rarely comes in contact with his rulers.

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