| act up | | |
| v. (social) | 1. act up, carry on | misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way.; "The children acted up when they were not bored" |
| ~ misbehave, misconduct, misdemean | behave badly.; "The children misbehaved all morning" |
| v. (perception) | 2. act up | make itself felt as a recurring pain.; "My arthritis is acting up again" |
| ~ hurt, smart, ache | be the source of pain. |
| relapse | | |
| n. (act) | 1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting | a failure to maintain a higher state. |
| ~ failure | an act that fails.; "his failure to pass the test" |
| ~ recidivism | habitual relapse into crime. |
| v. (change) | 2. get worse, relapse | deteriorate in health.; "he relapsed" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (body) | 3. fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress | go back to bad behavior.; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" |
| ~ retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return | go back to a previous state.; "We reverted to the old rules" |
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