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Talk Johnny's Tendency Cut Class Behave Act Manner

Sentence We need to talk about Johnny's tendency to cut up in class.
Definition (
intransitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive
,
idiomatic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic
) To behave like a
clown
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clown
or
jokester
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jokester
(a
cut-up
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cut-up
); to
misbehave
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misbehave
; to act in a
playful
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/playful
,
comical
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comical
,
boisterous
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boisterous
, or
unruly
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unruly
manner to elicit laughter, attention, etc.

Tags: cut, up

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