act up betydelse and definition

Betydelse av act up på svenska

• 0 If a person, especially a child, acts up, they behave badly:

  • Sophie got bored and started acting up.

  • My car always acts up in cold weather.

  • Her shoulder was acting up (= hurting because of injury).

• 1 to behave badly:

  • The little girl was acting up, so her mother took her out of the restaurant.

• 2 to operate badly:

  • My car is acting up again - I don't know what's wrong with it.

• 3 to become active:

  • Her allergies acted up when she went hiking in the woods.