Third-person singular simple present indicative form of act out

simple past tense and past participle of act out

Alternative spelling of acted-out

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out. / (idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise. / (idiomatic) To perform a fantasy in reality.

(transitive) To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. / (transitive) To arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).

simple past tense of lie out

(gambling) To lose a game of craps by rolling a seven. / (slang) To abandon an endeavour or project. / (of a machine) To fail; to stop working.

(informal, intransitive) To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing

(transitive) To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).

(transitive) To come to (a difficult agreement or settlement) after much arguing and conflict.