Sentences with act up
act up
A a - She was messing with the coffee pot, which was acting up again. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- The engine began to act up when we were miles from anywhere
- A heroic act.
- Caught in the act.
- An act of Congress.
- The act broke up after 30 years.
- The politician's pious remarks were all an act.
- He acted promptly in the emergency.
- I am required to act before noon tomorrow.
- To act as manager.
- The medicine failed to act.
- To act well under all conditions.
- Act interested even if you're bored.
- He acted in three plays by Molière.
- His plays don't act well.
- In my absence the assistant manager will act for me.
- To act Macbeth.
- To act outraged virtue.
- He acted the fool.
- We children enjoyed our uncle because he didn't always act his age.
- The factory must clean up its act and treat its employees better.
- My allergies act up during hay fever season. Children may act up in class in an effort to get attention.