All behave synonyms
be·have
B b verb behave
- react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- perform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
- run — execution
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- be good — do not misbehave
- keep the peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- live up to — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- play fair — games: be sporting
- shape up — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- act one's age — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- keep one's nose clean — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- mind one's p's and q's — to be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language
- watch one's step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.