Usually means: Express emotions through behavior externally.
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  1. act out: Merriam-Webster
  2. act out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. act out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. act out: Vocabulary.com
  5. act out: Wiktionary
  6. act out: Dictionary.com
  7. act out: Rhymezone
  8. act out: FreeDictionary.org
  9. act out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. act out: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. act out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  12. act out: Merriam-Webster

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  1. act out: Legal dictionary

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  1. act out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. act out: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. act out: Medical dictionary

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  1. act Out: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (act out)

verb:  (transitive) To perform something specific.
verb:  (idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise.
verb:  (idiomatic) To perform a fantasy in reality.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To express internal feelings or thoughts.
verb:  To express one's feelings through disruptive actions.
verb:  To express ideas or desires through actions rather than words.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out.

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