Idiom
act one's age
Meaning
To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop throwing tantrums and act your age.”
“His friends told him to act his age when he started a fight at the party.”
“Embarrassed by her outburst, she took a deep breath and resolved to act her age, not like a spoiled child denied a toy.”
Examples
simple
“Stop throwing tantrums and act your age.”
contextual
“His friends told him to act his age when he started a fight at the party.”
complex
“Embarrassed by her outburst, she took a deep breath and resolved to act her age, not like a spoiled child denied a toy.”
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