Act
Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.
Make it
Make it verb - Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
Both terms in one sentence
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In the Looney Tunes short High Diving Hare, Yosemite Sam reacts this way while attending a high-diving act, as Bugs informs the audience that the main star of said act can't make it due to a storm.
Source: Big "WHAT?!" - The appliances (especially the pot) act like they really want to hurt children, then make it clear that it was all just an act.
Source: Scare Em Straight / Advertising -
The trailers make it look like Goku lost a Beam-O-War or Frieza did it after he beat everyone instead of a last act of desperation.
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