Translations for „act up“ in the English » German Dictionary

act up VB intr inf

1. act up:

act up person

Theater machen inf

act up child

ungezogen sein

2. act up:

act up thing

Ärger machen inf

act up computer

verrücktspielen inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to shape up one's act esp Am performance

mehr Leistung zeigen

to smarten up one's act

sich acc ins Zeug legen inf

to sharpen up one's act esp Brit performance

bei etw dat mehr Leistung zeigen

to clean up one's act

sich acc bessern

10 ways to green up your act

10 Tipps für ein umweltfreundlicheres Leben

my sister told me to sharpen up my act

meine Schwester wollte, dass ich mich endlich am Riemen reiße

you'll have to act as chairman if he doesn't show up

du musst als Vorsitzender einspringen, wenn er nicht auftaucht

if the company doesn't soon shape up its act it will go out of business

wenn die Firma nicht endlich etwas zustande bringt, war sie die längste Zeit im Geschäft inf

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if the company doesn't soon sharpen up its act it will go out of business

wenn die Firma nicht endlich etwas zustande bringt, war sie die längste Zeit im Geschäft

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Her typewriter has started to act up, automatically transcribing her nightmares and subsequently her future.

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The siblings are rather snotty about their superior status as mutants and seem to take great pleasure in punishing those prisoners who act up or try to escape.

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Then, three girls are eliminated one by one because, as with the film, they act up during the tour.

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The peyote and the drinking cause the narrators ulcers to act up.

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