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act
verb
▶ act as if
in twelve-step recovery programmes such as Alcoholics Anonymous, used as a slogan for new participants in the programme US- They’re told to act as if they were sane, or not wanting to use, because all you can really change for the moment is your actions, not your feelings[.] — Christopher Cavanaugh, AA to Z, p. 43, 1998
▶ act cute
to behave in an annoyingly adorable fashion SINGAPORE- — Palk Choo, The Coxford Singlish Dictionary, 1 2002
▶ act the angora
to play the fool AUSTRALIA, 1942
The angora goat supplies this variation of ACTTHEGOAT.
▶ act the goat
to play the fool AUSTRALIA, 1940- Kimiko took me by the hand again and led me back to the Blackbird, and we went on drinking and talking and acting the goat. — Les Such, A Yen for Yokohama, p. 56, 1963
- The boys were hoppo-bumping each other, acting the goat, while the girls maintained an air of superior indifference. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 263, 1998
▶ act the maggot
to play the fool IRELAND- — Susie Dent, The Language Report, p. 83, 2003
▶ act your age not your shoesize
to behave in a manner appropriate to your years US
A humorous extension of “act your age”.- Act your age, mama, not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl. — Prince, Kiss, 1986
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