/?a?t??kt/us/?a?t???kt/to be abetteractorthan someoneelse; to give abetterperformancein afilm,play, etc. than otherpeople:It isembarrassingthat the non-humanperformersin thisfilmout-act thehumanstars.Supportingactorsneed to becarefulnot to out-act thestars.More examples
It's notdifficultto outact someone whoseemscapableofexpressingonly a verylimitedrangeofemotions.
She out-acted thewholecastwith aneffortlesslybrilliantperformance.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
act out
amateur theater
appear
blocking
camp
chew
chew the sceneryidiom
corpse
dumb show
greasepaint
interpreter
method acting
overact
re-enactment
recreation
rep
tread
walk throughsomething
walkthrough
wrap party
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