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Misbehave   /mˌɪsbəhˈeɪv/  /mˌɪsbihˈeɪv/   Listen
Misbehave

verb
(past & past part. misbehaved; pres. part. misbehaving)
1.
Behave badly.  Synonyms: misconduct, misdemean.






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"Misbehave" Quotes from Famous Books



... steer, Get this 'Formidable' clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them, most and least, by a passage I know well, 60 Right to Solidor past Greve, And there lay them safe and sound; And if one ship misbehave, —Keel so much as grate the ground. Why, I've nothing but my life,—here's my ...
— Browning's Shorter Poems • Robert Browning

... upon this philosophically: "A bairn is like a dog in mony ways. Tak' a stick to one or the other and he'll misbehave. The children here are poor and neglected, but they're no' vicious like the awfu' imps of the Cowgate, wha'd steal from their blind grandmithers. Get on the gude side of the bairns, man, and you'll ...
— Greyfriars Bobby • Eleanor Atkinson

... keeping. How very opportune that that poor boy should have gone just as the other is coming! Mind that you are a good girl and take care of yourselves. I daresay all the Germain ladies are looking after you day and night, so that you can't misbehave very much. No more Kappa-kappas for many ...
— Is He Popenjoy? • Anthony Trollope

... believe me there's a way! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable clear, Make the others follow mine, And I lead them, most and least, by a passage I know well, Right to Solidor past Greve, And there lay them safe and sound; And if one ship misbehave,— Keel so much as grate the ground,— Why, I've nothing but my life,—here's my ...
— The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 • Ministry of Education



Words linked to "Misbehave" :   behave, act up, misbehavior, misconduct, act, misdemean, fall from grace, carry on, move



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