Synonyms for act out
act out

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1. act outverb

   represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage

   "She could act neurotic anxiety"

   Synonyms:
   reenact, enact

2. enact, reenact, act outverb

   act out; represent or perform as if in a play

   "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

   Synonyms:
   reenact, ordain, enact

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1. Fresno Sheriffs Deputy Todd Burk:

   Something's causing her to panic and be paranoid, you have to treat somebody who's under the influence a little differently. Sometimes they don't feel pain. They're paranoid. At times, they act out and they don't realize it sometimes. It's just what's going on in their brain because of the drug. It's very unpredictable dealing with somebody on methamphetamine.

2. Mark Thomasexpressed:

   This was upsetting to Marysville Police Department, that somebody would act out in such an aggressive manner, and for what ?

3. Ron Book:

   I don't want those people living near children, if you put young children in the faces of people prone to commit sexually deviant behaviors on children, there is a greater chance than not that they'll act out. They ’ll do their thing.

4. Aaron David Miller:

   Someone clearly saw the Vatican, Israel and Saudi Arabia as a broad stage where the President could demonstrate a certain degree of unity and ecumenism and go to places where he could be guaranteed a high degree of symbolism when it came to his first presidential trip, the trip provides a dramatic stage on which to act out his presidential role.

5. Amy Sherman-Palladino:

   Rory never really acted out, and at some point had to act out, she had to push away to grow and become her own person… I felt like it was really important for the characters to have this moment of ‘what are our lives if we’re not close, because I’ve counted on that.'.