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function as or act like
This heap of stones will act as a barrier -
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
She plays deaf when the news are bad
He acted the idiot
How To Use act as In A Sentence
- a good deal of comfort in the fact as she sold 7-Cs at $22.50 a pair to behemothian damsels who possessed money in proportion to Myra's beauty. Gigolo
- Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
- This sits badly with the Act assertion that all data be ‘obtained fairly’.
- Her propeller shaft was fouled and she was dragging her anchor, so Endurance, some 25 miles away when the call went out, closed in at top speed to act as on-scene commander.
- Mr. Peters," he said, to the tipple-boss, "I've come to act as check-weighman. King Coal : a Novel
- These structural problems will act as a major constraint on any potential recovery in the housing market.
- The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as scavengers and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent.
- It may act as such, by suppressing ovulation, but it also works by making the lining of the womb hostile to the newly conceived embryo.
- Shakily I splashed some cold water onto my stricken face, wishing the cold liquid to act as a reality check, maybe even wake me up from this painfully real nightmare.
- John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.
