phrase thesaurus

A list of phrases containing the word "act"...


  • Couldn't act his way out of a paper bag
  • Do a disappearing act
  • Double act
  • Foot in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly )
  • Get in on the act
  • Get your act together
  • Hard act to follow
  • High wire act
  • Human Rights Act
  • In on the act
  • Phone it in ( perform an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
  • Play hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
  • Put on an act
  • Random act of kindness
  • Read the riot act
  • Sister Act ( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
  • The act you've known for all these years ( Beatles song lyric )
  • The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
  • Think global, act local
  • Think globally, act locally ( Friends of the Earth advertising slogan )
  • Triple play ( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play )

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