act up
act
ÃĻkt
ākt
up
ƌp
ap
/ˈakt ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "act up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause regular discomfort or pain, often related to a physical illness or health issue
to act up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When her back starts acting up, she has trouble with daily activities.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ  āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to behave in an improper manner, often disregarding rules or social norms
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Children may act up when they are seeking attention from their parents.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻĻāĻžāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of mechanical devices, technology, or equipment) to not work properly
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The printer started acting up, and we could n't get it to print the documents.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĄāϕ⧁āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāϰ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāϰ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be temporarily assigned to a higher position within an organization or role
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While our supervisor is on maternity leave, John will act up as the interim department head.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āύ, āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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