act out

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 08:51:00AM -0500, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Not in OED (if you can believe it).

I expect this will be changing shortly.

> It's been in popular as well as psychological use for
> decades.

Centuries, even, depending on the sense.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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