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act up

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

to make itself felt as a recurring pain

MWEWordset Dictionary

Senses

Wordset Dictionary

to misbehave badly

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
carry on
pasttense
acted up
presentparticiple
acting up
thirdpersonsingular
acts up
pastparticiple
acted up