act up

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In einfachem Englisch: To behave badly or cause problems by not working properly.

• The children are acting up again.
• My laptop acted up during the meeting.
• Her knee tends to act up in cold weather.

Synonyme: misbehave, cause trouble, play up

Häufige Wendungen: act up in class, act up again, act up badly

einen Vorgesetzten vertreten

Vorübergehend die Aufgaben einer Person mit einer höheren Position übernehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: To temporarily do the work of someone with a higher position than yours.

• She is acting up as manager this week.
• Two officers acted up while their superiors were away.
• Will I receive extra pay for acting up?

So benutzt man es: act up as someone (She acted up as team leader during his absence.)

Synonyme: deputize, stand in

Häufige Wendungen: act up as manager, act up a grade