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act a fool

act a fool verb: to play the fool.

Verb

act a fool (third-person singular simple present acts a fool, present participle acting a fool, simple past and past participle acted a fool)

  1. (intransitive) to play the fool.
  2. (derogatory, informal, intransitive) to behave irrationally and unseemly.

Forms of act a fool

third-person singular presentacts a fool
present participleacting a fool
past participleacted a fool
pastacted a fool

Questions about act a fool

What does act a fool mean?
Act a fool means to play the fool.
What part of speech is act a fool?
Act a fool is a verb.
What is the past tense of act a fool?
The past tense of act a fool is acted a fool.

Words near act a fool in the dictionary

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  2. acs
  3. ACSI
  4. ACSM
  5. act
  6. act a fool
  7. act chicken
  8. act curtain
  9. act curtains
  10. act of adjournal
  11. act of Congress

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