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vb. (en-third-person singularact out)
Usage examples of "acts out".
This sort of worshipper will look for that which best embodies the loveliness of the stars and the worlds and the forests and the seas and the sunsets, and which best acts out the blandness, lordliness, accuracy, self-sufficiency, cruelty, independence, and contemptuous and capricious impersonality of the all governing Nature.
An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for what he does.
Until he acts out the part he spouts it, and grows excited over his own tirades.
The teenager acts out Child feelings and the parents, fearful of letting their feelings take over, most often turn the transaction over to the Parent (grandmother and grandfather).
Because visitors have been in and out for the past three or four hours, the woman in the console must pay special attention in the event Beast acts out.
You treat a man like an animal and then are surprised when he acts out of confusion and fear?