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act out

verb as in act up

verb as in gesture/gesticulate

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For our photo shoot, she requested a child to act out a maternal scene with her.

"We noticed that his personality was different, he was becoming aggressive and acting out of character. I wish I had acted on those warning signs."

From BBC

The behavioral changes also extend to older children, who may withdraw or begin acting out at school.

But they act out their past more than they brood over it.

“Everywhere you look, there’s branding and advertising. It has the secondary or tertiary effect of causing people to then want to act out and propagandize themselves.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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