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. Norah Johnson:

   The stress of autism relates to finances, personal and family life stressors, and managing behavior and communication with the child and caregiving stress, children with autism spectrum disorder often do not sleep well, act out in public and have comorbid conditions that tire parents out.

2. Kamala Harris:

   People with PTSD tend to act out. They tend to self-medicate. Which means they're going to be on drugs or they may be an alcoholic. And then they're going to get into fights and they have a really short fuse. And guess what happens ? All of a sudden you don't qualify for VA. That's wrong because again we are not taking into account the way we have designed or enforcing the system the realities of that person's life. It's backwards !

3. 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.'.

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. Adan Mairena:

   It's a way for us to act out our faith.