4 English Phrasal Verbs With 'ACT'

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We have definitions for 4 phrasal verbs with 'ACT'

4 phrasal verbs with 'ACT'

Act on

  1. To take action because of something like information received
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The police were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and caught the gang red-handed.
  2. Affect
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The medicine only ACTS ON infected tissue.

Act out

  1. Perform something with actions and gestures.
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: They ACTED OUT the story on stage.
  2. Express an emotion in your behaviour
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: Their anger is ACTED OUT in their antisocial behaviour.

Act up

  1. Behave badly or strangely
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: My computer's ACTING UP; I think I might have a virus.

Act upon

  1. To take action because of something like information received
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The police were ACTING UPON a tip-off.
  2. Affect
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The enzyme ACTS UPON certain proteins.

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