act out

verb
/ˌækt ˈaʊ̯t/

Definitions

  1. To perform something specific.

    • What was acted out in the American and French Revolutions had been thought out beforehand in the writings of Locke and Rousseau, the scenarists for the drama of modern politics.
  2. To express internal feelings or thoughts.

    • I know you're angry, but you can't act out and break dishes like that.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out.

    • She's a street performer, so she acts out on Ninth Street.

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