act one's age
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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)Category:English lemmas#ACTONESAGECategory:English verbs#ACTONESAGECategory:English multiword terms#ACTONESAGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ACTONESAGECategory:Pages with entries#ACT%20ONE'S%20AGECategory:Pages with 1 entry#ACT%20ONE'S%20AGE
- (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#ACTONESAGE) To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.
- Synonym: behave one's age
- (imperative, originally USCategory:American English#ACTONESAGE) To behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish.
- Act your age and stop fiddling with that pen – you’re showing us up.Category:English terms with usage examples#ACTONESAGE
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to be mature and not childish
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