act a fool in English

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    {
      "form": "acts a fool",
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    },
    {
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        "to play the fool."
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        "(intransitive) to play the fool."
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        "to behave irrationally and unseemly."
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        "(intransitive, derogatory, informal) to behave irrationally and unseemly."
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  "word": "act a fool"
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        "(intransitive) to play the fool."
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"act a fool" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms