Acting out
Acting out noun - A (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult.
Dancing and acting out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dancing" instead a verb "Acting out".
Dancing
Dancing noun - Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music.
Acting out and dancing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acting out" instead a verb "Dancing".
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Averted in "When She Was Bad" — Xander saved Buffy's life in last season's finale, but when Buffy returns to school next year she's still traumatized and acting out against all her friends, dancing intimately with Xander purely to make Angel jealous.
Source: Rescue Romance
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Dancing and Acting out. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/acting_out/dancing
Acting out & Dancing. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/acting_out/dancing>.
Dancing or Acting out. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/acting_out/dancing.
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