Definitions for act up
act up

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1. act up, carry onverb

   misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way

   "The children acted up when they were not bored"

2. act upverb

   make itself felt as a recurring pain

   "My arthritis is acting up again"

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1. act upverb

   To misbehave; to cause trouble.

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1. ACT UP

   AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international, grassroots political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group works to improve the lives of people with AIDS through direct action, medical research, treatment and advocacy, and working to change legislation and public policies.ACT UP was formed on March 12, 1987, at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York City. Larry Kramer was asked to speak as part of a rotating speaker series, and his well-attended speech focused on action to fight AIDS. Kramer spoke out against the current state of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), which he perceived as politically impotent. Kramer had co-founded the GMHC but had resigned from its board of directors in 1983. According to Douglas Crimp, Kramer posed a question to the audience: "Do we want to start a new organization devoted to political action?" The answer was "a resounding yes." Approximately 300 people met two days later to form ACT UP.At the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, in October 1987, ACT UP New York made their debut on the national stage, as an active and visible presence in both the march, the main rally, and at the civil disobedience at the United States Supreme Court Building the following day. Inspired by this new approach to radical, direct action, other participants in these events returned home to multiple cities and formed local ACT UP chapters in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and other locations. ACT UP spread internationally. In many countries separate movements arose based on the American model. For example, the famous gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim co-founded ACT UP in Germany.

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1. act up

   To 'act up' generally means to behave badly or improperly. It is often used to refer to children misbehaving or machinery not working as it should. It can also refer to the exacerbation of a medical condition.

2. act up

   To "act up" generally means behaving badly or improperly. It could also refer to when a certain tool, device or part of the body is not performing or functioning as expected. For example, when a car's engine or a person’s knee starts causing trouble or malfunctions, it is said to be "acting up".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of act up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of act up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of act up in a Sentence

1. Terri Wilder:

   Because of my HIV background and my knowledge of social activist groups like Act Up, I just quickly realized we have to work together and I have to take advantage of every opportunity available to me.

2. Lisa Zaran:

   If destiny will decide to topple my overgrown mesquite tree into the neighbor's yard, who knows. When the gods act up, we don't ask why. We keep quiet. We wait.

3. Dimitri Reeves:

   We have to start with ourselves, we can't just go and act up. Peaceful protest is the answer. Who can really fight against dancing and singing?

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=act up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Act_Up
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Up
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