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act one's age

act one's age verb: to behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.

Verb

act one's age (third-person singular simple present acts one's age, present participle acting one's age, simple past and past participle acted one's age)

  1. (idiomatic) To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.
    Synonyms:
    behave one's age
  2. (imperative) To behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish.
    • Act your age and stop fiddling with that pen – you’re showing us up.

act one's age meaning in Thai

act one's age in Thai

to be mature and not childish
ทำตัวให้เป็นผู้ใหญ่

Synonyms of act one's age

  • behave one's age

Forms of act one's age

third-person singular presentacts one's age
present participleacting one's age
past participleacted one's age
pastacted one's age

Words formed from act one's age

Questions about act one's age

What does act one's age mean?
Act one's age means to behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.
What is act one's age in Thai?
Act one's age in Thai is ทำตัวให้เป็นผู้ใหญ่. See Act one's age meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is act one's age?
Act one's age is a verb.
What is the past tense of act one's age?
The past tense of act one's age is acted one's age.

Words near act one's age in the dictionary

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  2. Act of Parliament clocks
  3. act of sederunt
  4. act of war
  5. act on
  6. act one's age
  7. act one's age, not one's shoe size
  8. act out
  9. act possum
  10. act psychology
  11. act the fool

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