S: (v) act, behave, do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself) "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
S: (v) bungle (spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly) "I bungled it!"
S: (v) play, toy (engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously) "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
S: (v) act, play, act as (pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind) "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
S: (v) stooge (act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner) "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"
S: (v) make (behave in a certain way) "make merry"
S: (v) make as if (begin or appear to begin an action) "He made as if to shake my hand"
S: (v) break down, lose it, snap (lose control of one's emotions) "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
S: (v) dissolve (lose control emotionally) "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
S: (v) die (be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame) "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"
S: (v) fall apart, go to pieces (lose one's emotional or mental composure) "She fell apart when her only child died"
S: (v) swell, puff up (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger) "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
S: (v) follow (accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of) "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years"
S: (v) relax, loosen up (become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner) "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"