āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to act up
[phrase form: act]
01
āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause regular discomfort or pain, often related to a physical illness or health issue
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When her back starts acting up, she has trouble with daily activities.
āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āύāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāϰā§āĻŽā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āύā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āώā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to behave in an improper manner, often disregarding rules or social norms
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Children may act up when they are seeking attention from their parents.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻž āĻ
āϏāĻĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
(of mechanical devices, technology, or equipment) to not work properly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The printer started acting up, and we could n't get it to print the documents.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāύā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĄāĻā§āĻŽā§āύā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāύā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04
āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to be temporarily assigned to a higher position within an organization or role
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While our supervisor is on maternity leave, John will act up as the interim department head.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āϝāĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāύ āĻ
āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
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