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"forms": [
{
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},
{
"form": "acting up",
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},
{
"form": "acted up",
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"lang": "English",
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "53 47",
"word": "throw a tantrum"
}
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"_dis": "64 36",
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: kick up"
},
{
"text": "My allergies act up during hay fever season.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Children may act up in class in an effort to get attention.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "My car started acting up after I drove through that huge puddle.",
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}
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"glosses": [
"To misbehave; to cause trouble."
],
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],
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To misbehave; to cause trouble."
],
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"word": "carry on"
},
{
"word": "act out"
},
{
"word": "play up"
}
],
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "kiukutella"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "vihoitella"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "oikutella"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "enquiquiner"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "énerver"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
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},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
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],
"word": "importuner"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "péter les pruneaux"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "rendetlenkedik"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "rosszul viselkedik"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "haututū"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "hīanga"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "tīhoihoi"
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]
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"text": "Acting up is always recommended when you find yourself under a new boss.",
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"To perform the duties of an appointment senior to that actually held; to deputise for a superior."
],
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"senior",
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],
[
"deputise",
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],
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]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To perform the duties of an appointment senior to that actually held; to deputise for a superior."
],
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ækt ˈʌp/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ækˈtɐʔp]",
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"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ækt ˈʌp/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ækˈtʌp̚]",
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"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ækt ˈap/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ækˈtäp]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌp"
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"tags": [
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{
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],
"word": "act up"
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"English verbs",
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},
{
"form": "acting up",
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"form": "acted up",
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: kick up"
},
{
"text": "My allergies act up during hay fever season.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Children may act up in class in an effort to get attention.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "My car started acting up after I drove through that huge puddle.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To misbehave; to cause trouble."
],
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"trouble"
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],
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To misbehave; to cause trouble."
],
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"word": "carry on"
},
{
"word": "act out"
},
{
"word": "play up"
}
],
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"text": "Acting up is always recommended when you find yourself under a new boss.",
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}
],
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"To perform the duties of an appointment senior to that actually held; to deputise for a superior."
],
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],
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"duties",
"duty"
],
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[
"senior",
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],
[
"deputise",
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],
[
"superior",
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]
],
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To perform the duties of an appointment senior to that actually held; to deputise for a superior."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ækt ˈʌp/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ækˈtɐʔp]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ækt ˈʌp/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ækˈtʌp̚]",
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"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ækt ˈap/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ækˈtäp]",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌp"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-act up.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-act_up.ogg",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
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"enpr": "ŭp"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "kiukutella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "vihoitella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "oikutella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "enquiquiner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "énerver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "courir sur le haricot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "importuner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "péter les pruneaux"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "rendetlenkedik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "rosszul viselkedik"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "haututū"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "hīanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to misbehave, cause trouble",
"word": "tīhoihoi"
}
],
"word": "act up"
}
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